Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
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[4]through Scotland, the [illegible] Highlands etc. Spent two weeks at Dunbar & got well acquainted my cousins the Lunams & Jane Mather Also found a second cousin at Dumfries,- Susan Gilroy & at Birkenhead England I found the Hay families our second cousins. All of them good honorable people & I am proud of them. Saw England too & a little of Ireland - gained some useful telling facts in the way of my studies in Norway & Switzerland, & altogether had a grand time, But my wasn't I tired & glad to get home Heaven bless you Mary & all of you Hearty good wishes for the Christmas & New Year. Ever lovingly John Muir[1]Martinez CaliforniaDec. 19, 1893My dear Sister Mary,I was sorely disappointed not seeing you & Willis on my way home. I fully intended to make a short stay both with you & Dan in Lincoln & when about ready to start from Chicago, I gave the friend I was stopping with money to buy my ticket via the U.P. but he reported that it was impossible to get a berth on that line on account of the fair crowds & so I had to go by the Santa [Fee?] - So you must just come & see me this winter & the show here & escape some of the winter weather of "fair Nebraska85
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1893 Dec 19
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1431-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1431
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
John Muir National Historic Site. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
