Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Wanda Muir]
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Transcription
[Page 7] The two boys John and Willie are fine smart well behaved fellows very quiet and bashful. Willie is about 16 years old and little John Muir is about 12 - a queer cute quiet observant narrow-faced clipper-built boy, noticing everything- saying nothing, knows every dog cow horse man woman and child in Portage. I saw nearly all of the old neighbors. The young folk of course grown out of memory and unrecognizable but most of the old I found but little changed by the 18 yrs since last I saw them and the warmth of my welcome was in most instances excruciating. William Duncan the old Scotch stone mason who loaned me books when I was little and always declared that Johnie Moor would mak a name for himsel someday I found hale and hearty 81 yrs of age and not a
Location
Portage City [Wisc]
Date Original
1885 Sep 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
1885 Sep 10 JM to Louie
File Identifier
MSS 301 Shone
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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
1885 Sep 10 JM to Louie p7
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
