Creator

Sarah M[uir] Galloway

Recipient

[Daniel and Emma Muir]

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girl, the light and joy of the home. I was up at Davids yesterday, he and Ette are both having colds. There has been a great deal of damp foggy weather lately, with little rain, but today there has been some thunder and a fine soaking rain which is much needed - Will Muir keeps bravely at work, he has had a good deal of trouble with the Pison Oak which grows plentifully about here, three or four times he has had a big doseof it. it causes a great amount of discomfort and keeps him from work for a little while, especially when the leaves are off one gets touched with it without knowing it. Quite a number of Davids friends have visited him the past summer. Mr Joe Wells of [illegible], his wife and daughter who had been traveling in Washington and Oregon also Mr Jas Go[illegible] who was with them staid about a week or more, after them Mr & Mrs Jaeger of Portage also made

Location

Martinez, Calif.

Date Original

1900 Dec 14

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0485-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0485

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

The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Page Number

Page 3

Keywords

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

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