Creator
Marg[are]t [Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir and David [Muir]
Preview
Transcription
[1] Hickory Hill Dear Brothers John and David I am going to fill up Joannas paper if I can but am hardly able to write I was not able to do my work so I though I would spend a few weeks in visiting and let John batch it I spent about a week at Sarahs and have been almost a week here but I am going home Sunday with [illegible]ilnord French to do my work John finding [it?] took too much of his time to boil his potatoes and fry his pork my nerves are miserable and I have such hard nights I am good for nothing day times. You tell me the clouds will pass away some time although [tis?] long I will live in hope and if it does not I hope I may have supporting grace while here and be fitted to meet you in that blessed home where sickness never enters. boys pray for me I think I have said toomuch about my troubles but boys you know my failings I will try and write you something else tomorrow. Oct. 5 Mary and Anna birth day fifteen today, about the age I was when I came to America what changes since 00278
Location
Hickory Hill [Wisc.]
Date Original
[1861 Oct 4]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 38.0 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_0223-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0223
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
