Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir]
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than thirty years an unmarried lady of a great many good qualities. Sixth Harriet Trout a very happy & sportive fish who employs herself in giggling & making giggle for hours at a time is about twenty years of age, 5 1/2 feet long & will perhaps some- time join affinity to the Jay who whistles and coos and gesticulates so funnily to her We all live happily to- gether. Occasionally an extra Trout comes up- stream or a brother jay slights at our door but they are not of our familyI must now bid goodbye. Write soon Yours, John [1864] Meaford Oct 23Dear Sis MaryI am well & hope that this er letter will find you ditto as much as possible Dany & I have a pleasant home and do not work hard or long hours so of course we are growing fatter and fatter and perhaps we will soon be as big as Gog & Magog.
Location
Meadford, [Canada]
Date Original
[1864] Oct 23
Resource Identifier
muir01_0676-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0676
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
