Creator

J[oanna Muir Brown]

Recipient

Mother [Ann G. Muir] Sarah [Galloway] & Annie [Muir]

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[in margin: The heat is so intense that [illegible] feels very weak. Mother your kind letter was [daily read?] Annie would you [pray?] for the little blue [illegible]][1]Kansas City Mo. July 27, 1885Dear Mother and Sarah and Annie [to?]i know you are anxious to hear from us and I must not be so selfish as to keep you waiting too long. I can write only of that which fills my heart. I think Mother told you how we hastened to the country with our little sick darling, thinking that the change might assist and by strong advice of the doctor. On the way the cool breeze [seemed?] to revive her a little and arriving there at 9:23 22 P.M. we all had a good_

Location

Kansas City, Mo.

Date Original

1885 Jul 27

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0324-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0324

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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.

Page Number

Page 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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