Creator
Joanna [Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]glaciers etc, etc, have not the effect of making you so dignified and sage that I shall feel bashful when you come home for I am now “too big” to hide behind my mother’s apron and I should be in a very embarrass- ed condition. Things have mostly, move on very [illegible]ly. [ Dany?] has gone to Madison for a few weeks (to which place we forwarded your letter) Annie teaches and teaches, Mother works and rests, Joanna rests and rests and makes up faces, then [3]rests some more, tries to be patient and makes up faces again, rests long- er, tries harder yet to be good, then makes up faces [underlined: again], Thus the law of her members wave against the law of her mind, and so keep up quite a c[illegible]- ading at times . I wonder if you hear the word “hard” used as much in Cal. as we do here. In this part of the world the most frequent sub- jects of conversation are, Hard times, hard money, hard work and hard hearts; In
Location
Portage, Wis
Date Original
1878 Mar 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 14 x 29 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0740-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0740
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
