Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
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Transcription
Martinez CaliforniaDec. 26, 1896My dear Highland MaryHere you all are in grand style. The big pictures came yeserday but no letter... I look back to last summer as the most beautiful of all my life. It was a great blessing to have you in Portage when our loving mother went to her reward in heaven.I had a letter from Sarah a few days ago. they are all in usual health as we also are here, Maggie is of course feeling lonesome on the eve of her boy Johnnies departure for Nebraska to attend school. Your old friend Miss Thayer is here for a year she is living with the Westlakes. I'm pegging away with writing. Here is a picture made in Chicago Happy New Year Mary & to all your fine familyEver your loving brotherJohn Muir89
Location
Martinez, Calif
Date Original
1896-12-26T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0568-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0568
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
