Creator
Jessie Reid
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
Portage City Wis July 31 1872My dear uncle John I think you are very kind for allowing us to have a book each mine is a very nice story it is a bout to girls living in a cave four years I got it as a Chrismas present and i got a [xxx deleted] beautiful pin [illegible] [illegible] in my sunday school teacher gave it to me her name was Miss Beard and Joanna is our sunday school teacher know i like her very much here is a flower caled a lilly i do not know what kind of a lilly it is perhaps you can tell what the name is and here is a wild honey succle and here is an other little flower called larkspur Annie will be 11 years old the nineteenth of novem ber and i will be 10 the 29 of January and Harry will be 2 years old the seckand of next month We have still our little black
Location
Portage City, Wis
Date Original
1872 Jul 31
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0859-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0859
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
