Creator
Annie Hay
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[2]in Edinburgh where I knew him as a student. He was one of the most charming characters I have ever met and it has been a great job to us to be able to share our home with his son His mother also was a clever and remarkable woman.Willie Howie has never been very strong but is now fairly healthy and has been for about four years engaged in a wholesale ships stores concern and as he has no capitoal he seens no prospect before him but to settle down as a clerk in an office. He has lately been thinking whether it would be better for him to go to Canada with a friend who has been learning[3]farming there as he says all he wishes or can espect is to make a living to keep himself.When thinking about him I remembered your telling us about your wine growing and that you can always find work for young men. and Maria also had been thinking about "our John Muir" and telling Willie that it might be possible that something might be found to suit him if we consulted you So down comes Willie to father and me who were asleep in our bed to hear what we thought, father thought the climate would be fine and the work
Location
Birkenhead [England]
Date Original
1896-02-12T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0061-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0061
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
