Creator
Annie Wanda Muir
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[2]None of the Chinamen wanted to chop wood and all went off to the city except Timmie Keng and Choy. We took a box of nice ripe peaches next the fig tree. The little chikens are all rite, and yesterday 8 more little chikens came out from the pampas grass, they are all black. The wind blew just awfully for several days but Timmie says the grapevines are "all lite, heap good!" Yesterday we went to Mrs. Haywards and saw the little sweet baby boy, he is five weeks but he was not afraid and went to sleep in my arms. Mama is so scared about the diptheria that she does not let us go near Martinez.[3]We were all troubled about the accident to the steamer Queen in the dark night. O dear Papa how glad we are that no one was hurt. I want you to come home as soon as you can Papa, I am very lonesome without you. I wonder if you saw the moon and the planet Venus night before last, they shone so bright and looked nearly touching each other in the sky. Yesterday the census man came here and asked us how old we were and how much land we had and what our names were and many other things. Mr. Kye the railroad man ran away and no body knows where he is. Little Fido behaves very well since he came over here and is
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1890 Jun 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0537-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0537
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
