Creator
Maggie R. [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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Transcription
[4]pray Heaven to "Bless & Keep 'Him & His. I would like to hear from you Louie. and your mother. I fear Wanda has forgotten me tell her I still have the letters she wrote to me when she was a little girl & would like to have a letter from her now telling me about little sister & all that interests here. Give my kind regards to your father & mother & now with much love to you all I am as EverMaggie R01442[in margin: P S Hot winds prevail again this summer 100[degrees symbol] & 105[degrees symbol] & 109[degrees symbol] in the shade with very high winds grain has to be cut for fodder. I am looking & longing for the time when God will prosper us so we will be able to pay you. & all our debts. but the debt of love & kindness I owe you & yours. I never can repay. I hope you will excuse so many blunders as I have not time to write it over M.][1]Collyer Kan June 22nd 1890My Dear Sister LouieI received Johns letter a few days ago saying in a day he would leave for Alaska to be gone for some months also I found enclosed his order for fifty dollars for which I gratefully, & earnestly, thank you both. I cannot express how much I appreciate John's uniform & thoughtful loving kindness to me now & ever. now when so buisy & on the eve of leaving
Location
Collyer, Kan[sas]
Date Original
1890 Jun 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0531-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0531
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
