Title
Letter from Mary [Muir Hand] to Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid], & Sharah [Muir Galloway], 1882 Dec 19.
Creator
Mary [Muir Hand]
Recipient
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid], & Sharah [Muir Galloway]
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Transcription
[4]and awkward and unsatisfactory in the art . Nature is always so superior to art that pictures are usually the most satisfactory the more we forget the real beauty in Nature or are ignorant of it — I hope to make a winter picture in oils – before the snows go away – and I have one or two other little oil pieces in my mind but whether I can accomplish all I plan in that direction time alone can disclose Your telling of fruits and flowers and green leaves and grasses — at this season but shows us all so plainly how very far distant we are01090[1]Phillips Wis. Dec. 19 /82.My dear good sisters,Maggie & Sarah, your nice long letters were a very comfort to me — I am overjoyed at the thought of your being where you are it must be so pleasant for you all — And to think of the possibility of our having John and Louie with us next year some time is just delightful — May nothing hinder their coming. is a most earnest wish Yes I will write to John very soon. I have written very few letters – for a long
Location
Phillips, Wis
Date Original
1882 Dec 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0966-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0966
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
