Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Dan[iel H. Muir]
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[4]he tells her that if she will walk in the fields with me she will find that Solomon himself could not talk more wisely about plants then I, ha, ha! He tells me to go and see her without any bashfulness but I have some of that lavish fear that you speak of and I don't know whether to vent use or not. I suppose that you are now in the midst of friends & society while I have not one in all this place. Dan I suppose that you too are determined to be a machine maker, How do you prosper with that great one I hope you will help me by your invent- ions to show all mankind that the scotch are the salt of the earth and the salt of machines. In any of your [notions?] or undertakings you may all ways depend on my help when you wish it either in money or otherwise I want you to feel that my purse is your own and welcome. Have you heard from the hollow. They have bought it again but cannot [build?] yet William is working at his trade. Dan I left a jacket handker- chief with you that Mary Trout gave me take good care of it, by and send it some way if you can[1] Indianapolis, Ind May 7th 1866.Dear Dany I am still in this great noisy town, but begin to feel more at home. I am in good health, and by doing double work can on an average about 22 dollars per week. [illegible] that I have plenty of money in my pocket. I am getting acquainted with our shop and with my employers, I have just begun to make the model for the patent office, and will now put it through right or wrong, as soon as the clock is disposed of I will begin operations for anotherTell me how you get on write soon send your photograph to me & to Hattie Trout Goodbye Dan From your true brother John
Location
Indianapolis, Ind.
Date Original
1866 May 7
Resource Identifier
muir01_0816-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0816
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
