Creator
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]little Wander, has brown eyes or blue, and you may be sure we want to know just how she looks and all about her, Oh! John I wonder if we ever will have the pleasure of seeing yourself, your wife, and your little girl, but perhaps we may, for things happen very unexpectedly sometimes, I had little thought of being here this fall, David and I thought of coming earlier in the season, but he gave it up, thinking it impossible for him this season, I was quite sick in the early spring, and have not been strong, all summer, and he thought the visit, and change, would be good, so Anna and I came alone, Anna will go about too hundred miles further, to visit the [Wisely?] family, they are in Valley County, perhaps you have not heard that Mrs Wisely died last spring, it is a sad, sad loss to her family, the oldest daughter is teaching, the next younger is keeping house for her father and taking care of the younger children, George, the oldest, is in Idaho; John Reid seems to be getting along nicely here, he has a great deal of business on hand, and likes the country real well, Maggie’s health, is about the same as in Wis., she is getting to feel more content-01077[3]-ed, and at home, but at first, she suffered greatly from homesickness, she did so ache for a sight of the home faces, that she had been accustomed to, so long, Anna, a dear good girl, is at home, and is such good help to her mother, just lifting so much of the home cares from her shoulders, Jessie is twenty five, or thirty miles from home, teaching her first term of school, so we have not seen her, but she will be home in about two weeks the other children are attending school, and getting along very nicely. While we are gone, Celia is keeping house, there is a woman goes to wash and mop, otherwise she manages nicely, and seems to enjoy being mistress of the house for awhile, you will remember she was just a little child when you were with us last, and yesterday, was her seventeenth birthday. Maggie’s Anna and mine, have always been great friends, and you can guess what a grand visit they are having, Anna G. expects to teach the home school the coming winter, so we must be home in time to see to things a little before school commences. When I left home
Location
Crete, Neb.
Date Original
1882 Sep 26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 .5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0902-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0902
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
