Creator
E. G. Miller
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[3]has been prominently mentioned for the vacancy on the Supreme bench of Wis. But I think another is to be named.I have been for many years in the government service as a railway postal clerk. I have four children living, a boy and three girls, and they are all at home, so we are enjoying life about as well as any family can who haven't much of this world's wealth. I have always taken a lively interest in the world's work. As a member of state Senate in 1874-6, I fathered a scheme for establishing a state normal school at Cedar Falls in this county and [made?] it [illegible]. The school has been a grand success and of course I am proud to be identified with an institution so useful.Pardon me for again referring to "Stickeen", I am still firm in the belief that if the story of your "wildest of wild days" were fully illustrated, it would make a most attractive little volume and would 02387
Location
Waterloo, Iowa
Date Original
1898-01-24T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0071-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0071
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
