Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
Preview
Transcription
[in margin: Call your little girl Mary or Margaret] [4]Annie is now quite as well as any of us - no cough, no pale sickly looks but much appetite & brisk ambition the only thing lacking is work. She has nothing to do & that is enough to make anybody unhappy I have been trying to make a student out of her. a botantist or anthropologist or something of the sort but she does not seem to take very heartily to such work & calls me a hard master teacher. Probably she contemplates marriage with some minister or other anything in the way of everyday work would be good for her. Thanking you for the pictures Mary & wishing you all Happy New Year I am ever your loving brother[1]Martinez December 5th 1886Dear Highland MaryThe box came safely & we are all greatly indebted to you for the brave effort you have made to give a picture of father. But the sad truth remains that we have no real likeness of him I cannot see in your careful effort any characteristic expression of his countenance but it seems a real use nevertheless, & we can but do our best to recall his features when he was in his prime - his face lighted with- enthusiasm for what he saw as Gods eternal truth & love The lilies are very beautiful & well painted but not to my taste well grouped The crowded83
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1886 Dec 5
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0724-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0724
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
John Muir National Historic Site. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
