Creator
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[4]inventions illustrated and brought out so well, they were all so wonderful. Your desk with the wonderful machinery that did the work required so well seems one of the greatest. I have a copy of it that you penciled and gave me. in [those?] early days. Though you did so much of that and other work under difficulties that seemed stern, later on Father saw the mistake and urged Mary and Joanna to govern their children by love and not by fear. With love to you I am AffectionatelyYour Sister Sarah.[1][in margin: I have wondered about the proper name of this variety of heath. I have the shrub growing in the garden.]Pacific Grove, Calif.April 9th-1918My dear brother John:-Yesterday your book "The Story of my Boyhood and Youth" arrived bringing me much pleasure. I send you many thanks!! for your kindness. I have already been reading and reading and how it all brings back to me the memories of long ago. The home life with its pleasures and difficulties that had in some measure passed from my mind.05420
Location
Pacific Grove, Calif.
Date Original
1913 Apr 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0311-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0311
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
