Creator

Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]

Recipient

John Muir

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[in margin: 542]Portage April 21st. 1888Dear JohnHere is your birthday, and I congratulate you, and wish you many very happy days and years of lifeIt seems very wonderful to me that I should be spared to see three of my children over fifty years of ageThis brings me face to face with realities making me to see and feel very plainly that my span of life is nearly accomplished

Location

Portage, [Wisc.]

Date Original

1888 Apr 21

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir05_1018-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 1018

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 1

Keywords

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

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