Creator
Mrs. Lydia Muir Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]were so strong, that my love for the dear old Scotch name (which was my father's and eldest brother's, as well as my grandfather's) prompted me then to write and ask, "if you are in any way, related to, or connected with the Muirs of Ayr, Scotland? My grandfather John Muir, a Scotchman, came to America in 1785 or thereabout, and married in Philadelphia, a Miss Mary Lang, a scotch lass. and my father was their son. My grandfather was an Importer of Fine Woods, such as mahogany Rosewood etc., and he imported the wood and had from it, manufactured the coffin in which George Washington was buried in 1800.[3]At various times I have seen your name mentioned in the papers, and each time have felt almost irresistibly impelled to write and ask "if you are a member of the Ayr family of Muirs? and on last Sunday, our local paper, "The Washington Post," published an article concerning you and your pursuits, accompanying which was a woodcut, called a likeness, and although as a rule, these woodcuts are but caricatures, the likeness to my father, was too great, to be the result of accident, and so I now write, after all these promptings, and ask the question written above. My father was a man of rare mental abilities, self-educated, after his
Location
Washington, D. C.
Date Original
1894-08-10T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0361-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0361
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
