Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

David [Gilrye Muir]

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[4]& cheer up Louie & grandma by teasing them & talking sheer blank nonsense & humbug. They must miss me sadly in this line of good doing & the house must be most devoutly dull duller than human nature or women nature can bear & dont forget to cheer up yourself & allow California & Providence to brighten your life - Love to EtteYour lonely but loving brother John[1][letterhead]LONDON, August 8th 1893Dear brother DaveI was glad to get your letter today for in this huge wilderness of a town I was desperately lonely. I can find some good friends here by hunting long enough but I can not resist the temptation to flee to the mountains & glaciers & wild gardens of Switzerland. Then

Location

London, [England]

Date Original

1893 Aug 8

Source

Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1250-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1250

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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.

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

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