Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

Sarah Muir [Galloway]

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this term is so near and I do not know indeed whether I shall be home after the term is out or not but it is likely I shall take the next good opportunity in the meantime I can advise you to be a good girl and kiss your little [beloveds'?] for me and endeavor earnestly to make your man less bashful at least as much so as shall enable him to eat though from home I do not full pe[illegible] about you [illegible] having put my name on the book right or wrong I intend to draw you a pic someday :here is one for Maggie poor girl. you know she wearys some times I slept a wee hair too long and was at Mitchells a few minutes too late I saw the wagon stait though00269

Location

[Madison, Wisc]

Date Original

1861 May 12

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 20.0 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0195-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0195

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Page Number

Page 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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