Creator
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
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[3]sell the land for six dollars an acre & he said "no I can sell it for 7 dol. but dont you do it John, it is worth more", Then the President of the Crete Bank wanted to buy out Sarahs share for $6000, which would just have doubled all the money she had. We wrote to Brother David & Sarah about but David did not think he knew enough about it to take the responsibility of advising Sarah & John though she might get more by waiting & so these good chances went by. & as I said J lost about everything by those sheep well next year they made some money on sheep but after that by Fosters mistakes & rashness mostly, came loss upon loss. then a big loss when they dissolved partnership. (which I always wished from the first had never been formed) from which John has had no chance whatever to recover
Location
Collyer, Kansas
Date Original
1890 Dec 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 39 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0779-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0779
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
