Creator
J[oanna Muir Brown]
Recipient
Mother [Ann G. Muir] Sarah [Galloway] & Annie [Muir]
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Transcription
date in brackets [27 July 1885][4]enough to be willing to see her go out of this world of sorrow into the [illegible]sunshine of God's presence where there are no tears but when the time came all my loneliness, all my self- ishness cried out and it seemed that I could not let her got but I almsot knew [illegible] the ?] that she must for I [illegible]a hundred times to ask for her life but always came away with the same [5]weight in my heart and the words 'thy will be done on my lips.How can I ever learn to do without her, how can I ever learn to do without her?[illegible]for the time to come when we shall all meet in that happy land.During nearly all of her sickness she seemed to realize everything and with her [illegible] eyes looked appealingly at her papa and at me, we would have given
Location
Kansas City, Mo.
Date Original
1885 Jul 27
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0330-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0330
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
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
