Creator
Mary [Muir Hand]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Preview
Transcription
[5][in margin: As soon as I finish writing I will resume work on a crayon picture of a little boy. The boy is pretty and consequently the portrait has to be pretty too. Please send me a photo of any one you would like to have enlarged and I will do it gladly and with compliments]nothing to alarm until the last – The shock was so sudden and unexpected that the poor girl could not believe the dreadful truth Oh my heart ached for her. The Dr. thought the disease might be spasmodic croup – but it had no cold noticeable. All is uncertain to us. Perhaps I am telling you no news as Annie or some other one may have told all this and much more- Two or three weeks ago Joanna was taken quite ill – but is now
Location
Phillips, Wisc.
Date Original
[1881]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0758-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0758
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
