Creator
D[avid] G[ilrye] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]farge for a country place some 20 teamsWe are all well at present as are also the old folks Maggie is improving in health very fast this summer she hopes to come home in about six weeks as well as she ever was Business has been pretty dull this spring but we are all right and doing well enough for boys. Perhaps I have already told you that we have started a store in company with two other gentlemen at Bangor Wis near La-Cross[3]the names of the said firm is Parry Rebb Smead & CoDid I tell you that Viebahn called upon me last fall He spoke of you as the hero of the university he said they spoke of you their just as we are wont to do of Samson Xerxes Alexander Jack Robison & c. they have traditions about you I also saw a man from Indianapolis named Nichols who knows you well said he boarded with you sometime had a great many disputes arguments & discussions with you. He said also that you was a smart boy
Location
Portage City, Wis[c]
Date Original
1867 May 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.0 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_1068-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1068
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
