Creator

John Muir

Recipient

David [Gilrye Muir]

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[in margin: Martinez 1887 Family Affairs] 01251Martinez January 1, 1887.Dear brother David_I wish you & the children a hearty happy New Year We are all in ordinary good health_ & affairs go on not in any new way but in the old way as if the Year were not in any sense new Still we have much to be truly grateful for, & for nothing more than for hope of better things stored up for us unseen in the future.Maggie writes that she greatly enjoyed her visit with you & that you were in better health than usual & prosper[illegible] generally which was good news indeed_You proposed in Your last

Location

Martinez, [Calif]

Date Original

1887 Jan 1

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0754-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0754

Copyright Statement

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

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.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

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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