Creator
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
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has so far proved so much worse than fruitless to you & I do hope & hope & pray that ere very long times may be better for all. & you did right in this last case. John has been sorry many times he got so much land, but he had money in the bank drawing ten perc't interest $2000. & that on the land was only six perct & at that time the stock market took a big tumble & the [RVZ?] had 6000 fat sheep ready to ship & that money & about everything else went. & John thought he would sell the land (& he could have sold for more than double, twice as much anyway as what he payed for it) but monied friends offered to see him through & every one thought it was too good an investment to throw away. W Brown was there about that time when John wanted to
Location
Collyer, Kansas
Date Original
1890 Dec 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 39 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0777-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0777
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
