Creator

Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]

Recipient

John Muir

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Crete, Neb. Feb 22nd. 1890.My Dear Brother JohnYour good & kind letter was rec'd the first of the week & I do thank you and Louie . we have done much thinking since then & would like to come & accept your most generous offers if the way was clear, John has written, too explaining the situation somewhat - but it is hard to write so as to make one understand the outs & ins. John does not feel like abandoning the ranch after so much being paid on it, but is trying hard to sell it if he got no more for it than would pay Sarah so unless he leaves it (& it is not likely he can

Location

Crete, Neb

Date Original

1890 Feb 22

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir06_0371-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 06, Image 0371

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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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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