Creator
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Recipient
Dan[iel H. Muir]
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Transcription
[difficult to read handwriting]sometimes I think it seems like wind, and sometimes it seems like some bid [illegible], but there is no enlargement, there is a good deal of throbbing, sometimes on the left, sometimes forward and lower, but always somewhere on that side, it sometimes seems as if there was a [illegible] inside, causing a burning pain, and when more than usual ([illegible] both up and down and [around ?] to my back a feeling of helplessness in the whole side from my [illegible] to my toes: a year ago when I was so terribly overdone my side was as bad that I could not walk through this floor without holding on to things as I passed (and was quite lame, and then I was so [illegible] and stupid. It is only at times [illegible] it is so very bad. still I have had to spend a good deal of time in bed this summer and [illegible]a good deal more waling is one of the things I cannot indulge in so that I have [illegible] confessed to the house it always makes [illegible]sometimes [illegible] a little. [Leaning?] down, when my side is bad my kidneys are often affected and my heart at times seems to beat very [illegible]. but I suppose that is from weakness. I have
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Date Original
1885 Oct 13
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0499-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0499
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
The Huntington Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
