Creator
Mary [Muir Hand]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Preview
Transcription
[4]here to the depot. It was about one and a half hours from the time she left Joanna until the Portage train left here, and by the same length of time – no longer. After the train started her from us – the little baby died, It cried very hard for a while but we saw nothing alarming until a few minutes before it died. Really I was some alarmed as soon as I saw it, but J. said it had had several such crying times and soon quieted. I thought she knew best [deleted: and] as I had seen nothing of the baby excepting when it was quiet or sleeping. She held it in her own arms the last half hour – and saw – 00969[1][in margin: Please send me a true photograph or I may not get a true portrait- Baby sends kisses to his little cousin]1881. Phillips, Wis.Dear Brother & Sister,Before me is a letter that I wrote to you Nov. 13th . I had scarcely finished it and was interrupted – Since that time many things have occupied my time in such a way that writing has almost seemed out of the question Accept of tardy, but most hearty congratulations on your happy meeting. We were overjoyed to know of the safe return of the “Carwin” I had feared that the coming winter days would
Location
Phillips, Wisc.
Date Original
[1881]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0754-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0754
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
