Creator
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
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[5][in margin: P S John please tell me what you think about things dont you think we had better go down & live on the place & try to hold it if we are able. as it may be valuable before many yearsTrouble has seemed to so unsettle John that a great part of the time he seems unable to think clearly on a few things]what would we do with the place in Kan. Everything would be torn down & taken if left alone. I think we had better move down there it would not take much to keep us. Jessie gets thirty five dollars a month & the prospect of more perhaps. she could board or stay with Anna & Anna has a good home. May is able to teach and will be old enough soon, she is seventeen now & I think the boys would like it on the farm & I would be glad to be a kind of hermit after what has passed if my family are fairly comfortable. how glad I will be to see you. I sometimes wish I could talk to or
Location
Crete, Neb
Date Original
1890 Feb 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0350-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0350
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
