Creator

[Daniel H. Muir]

Recipient

John Muir

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Dear Brother John I wrote a letter to you 2 or 3 weeks ago and when I got a chance to post it I forgot time after time but now I will make the best of it by telling you what has happened since. Since that we have moved into Portage John Reid has moved on to the farm & Mary and Anna and I have been at the High School one week end Joanna is at an intermediate but none of us have been [illegible] yet as Mr Muir the superintendant has been in Milwaukee ever since we have been here but Judge Dotty have us permission to go to such schools as we would be likely to get into till Mr Muir returns but now there will be two weeks vacation and the superintendent will be back before they are ended the teacher in the under flat is Mr [Megoffin?] the teacher in the intermediate School is Miss Boothe. [Staber's two children are at th?] high School [You?] little boy about two feet long is a better [illegible] than either you or I. I guess and he [studies Arithmetic Algbra natural?]

Location

[place unknown]

Date Original

[ca. 1861]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 19.0 x 13.5 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0317-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0317

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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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