Creator
Julia M[errill] Moores
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]a paper for the Law School Commencement wh. comes off in April. He hopes then to be admitted to practice in the United States Courts. Charles is still tugging away at the [illegible]. They are very slow & stupid & he is a good deal tired — but says he has learned more this year than in any two years of his school life, So the time is not wasted. I think [illegible] will love this boy — with the fair earnest face. He is well & strong — a great walker — a good student — a happy Christian boy — pure & simple in his tastes. My dear friend — I am very happy in my children. God has been very good to me. Sisters Kate & Nina have many kind inquiries for you. They are only tolerably well —. Kate hurt her foot in Oct. by springing from a carriage & has been on crutches ever since. She is teaching & loves it — but has to00890 [1]Indianapolis March 10th 1880232 N. Alabama St.My Dear Mr Muir, . I [illegible] not think to have been so long replying to your kind letter of the 4th of Feb. But so it is – what I would — I do not — and what I would not — that do I! So you there could not — I suppose — be anything more intolerable than this life spent in civilization! Lo the poor Indian — whose untutored mind sees God in storms & hears Him in the [wind?], shall I clan you with the Indians? If so — I must not dare call you poor — or show toward you any sympathy. Nor do I — your life is wonderful — the freedom — the inquiring — or the finding out, the glory of [5]resist the President of the College who is narrow minded & mean — jealous of her influence over the students — & cannot at all see that he is ruining the college by the course he is pursuing. Well — let him go — for what he is worth. This will most probably be her last year in the college. Do you remember our pleasant cousins — the Hughs – who were with us at one time – when you were here. They are — a part of them — with us again — and we enjoy them exceedingly. My cousin — Mrs Brier of Oakland has sent me your Alaskan letters. Have you seen her — or Mrs Brier? Do if you care. Janet had a letter this week from Prof. Jordan — who hopes to make your acquaintance soon — has — most probably by this
Location
Indianapolis [Ind.]
Date Original
1880 Mar 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0061-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0061
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
