Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Mary, Anna [Annie L.] and Joanna [Muir]
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Transcription
Trouts Hollow CW, Dec 2 '1865Dear Sisters Mary, Anna, Joanna -I feel that I owe you a long apology for not replying to your long good letters. I have been exceedingly busy, but this is not a sufficient excuse. My bed sets me upon my feet at five, and I go to bed at eleven, and have to do at least two days work every day, sometimes three. I sometimes almost forget where I am. What I am doing, or what my name is, I often think of you and wish with all my might that I could see and chat with you, were it not that I have no time to think, I would grow homesick & die in a day or two, my picture of home is in my room, and when I see it now I feel sorry at the thought of it being sold, Fountain Lake, Oak Grove, Little Valley, Hickory Hill etc, with all of their long list of associations, pleasandt & otherwise, will soon have passed away and be forgotten. I was glad to hear that Dan was visiting so long with you. I suppose that he told you many a surprising and funny tale of Canada, I think that he can make & enjoy a joke very well indeed I had a letter from him, he says that he has plenty of money, clothes, & hope for the future I will write you all a long letter someday
Location
Trout's Hollow [Canada]
Date Original
1865 Dec 24
Resource Identifier
muir01_0742-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0742
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
