Creator

John E. Varnel

Recipient

John Muir

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Madison Wis Oct 18thMr John Muir Esq Prairie Du Chine Dr sir I received your favor last evening and was glad to hear you were well and had found good friends this morning finds us all well and in good Spirets and I hope this may find you the same our friend Kerby is still with us waiting for a letter he appears to be content and says he [wont?] go till he does get a letter on account [of?] money Moariah is still with us but will leave us tuesday send her best respets to Mr Muir Now friend Muir about our thermometer I think I have found a man that will take hold of it with me if he can see a pattern but he is a careful kind of a man and wants to see through the

Location

Madison, Wisc.

Date Original

1860 Oct 13

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.0 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0069-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0069

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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

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