Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Mary J.] Arnold

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Martinez, April 22, 1908.Dear Mrs Arnold;I sincerely sympathize with you in your loss of a brother & in you lonely vigils with your mother in the shadow of death - a sad sorrow-laden time however natural & however lighted by hope of blessed immortality in a world free from painTo live to so grand & noble an age your mother must have lived a happy life, rich in good deeds. Give her Goodcheer & good hope from me & believe me in warmest sympathy,faithfully yoursJohn MuirMy daughter in the Mohave desert is getting well, so is my other daughter in the hospital04153

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

[1908] Apr 22

Source

Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir17_0447-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 0447

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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

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