Creator
Sarah M[uir] Galloway
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[in margin: If I find there is any special need I will let you know as you wish]Portage, Wis.Octr 4. /95 -Dear brother John,Your letter has been received, and it made me glad to see your handwriting once more and glad again to know of your pleasure in going over the old ground, studying and working with all the old enthusiasm, and finishing the truths wrought out so long ago, made doubly clear by the vast experience gained through the studies of later years.But truly John I thought that now you are "growing old you would have done a little better by" yourself than live on crackers and sleep without a covering.In regard to Joanna's affairs, I think she is getting along pretty comfortably. I have not heard of any special need since she received the last money you sent her. She said when she received it, that she could pay up all her debts and have something over also that she intended to try to get along without running up any more bills. Of course, she has to be careful, as money is not very plentiful, but she seems to be able to get what she needs. She was here and staid02035
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Date Original
1895-10-04T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_1229-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 1229
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
