Creator
Lucy Webster, R. Squire, W.F. Webster, and Alice M. Squire
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2] Dear friend Muir I am now seated to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope these few lines will find you the same There have been a great many men enlisting and there is a great many more to go to war. I wish this war would soon end but I fear it will be a long time before [illegible] rebellion is Crushed. Mr Muir I thank you a thousand times for [thoes?] images alltho they never entered our house. W. F. Webster[3] Dear Mr Muir I will write a few lines to you now the rest got through. I thank you very much for those presents. Those imagyes got broke the boys was playing ball and [they?] threw it through the window and hit them and broke them all to pieces but we got the bell Eddys Gilberts folks have moved down to Green County so he does not come to school this winter. A lady from Bellvile teaches our school. We have [99?] scholars. Weston and Charley came here to school this winter their Father has enlisted. I got that picture from Mrs. Heebys but it does not look much as it did for it was clean then but it is dirty now and looks real bad. They are having a singing school down to Storytown this winter Alice M SquireMr John Muir, 00347
Location
[Oregon, Wisc.]
Date Original
1864 Jan 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.0 x 24.5 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_0626-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0626
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
