Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Daniel [H. Muir]

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I dont think I shall ever have anything like as good an opportunity as I had at home for quiet reading and reflection I thank my God for all that his befallen me I have been very thouroughly homesick good folk would often say to me "I hope you will not be homesick I didnt know what they meant I always thought myself [illegible] of sufficient resolution and strength of mind to carry me quite above all this which I thought was only girlish and sentimental I have been sorely mistaken however O how I have wished and wished for a letter for the last three weeks If you folk only had known how often and anxiously[5]

Location

[Indianapolis, Ind.]

Date Original

[1866] Nov 19

Resource Identifier

muir01_0892-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0892

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

The Huntington Library. 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 5

Keywords

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

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