Creator
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[5]this artist and his mother - and am still proud of compliments he gave some of my humble work- —Perhaps you would like to know why Mrs. Freeman found me in bed — Last July 23d. late in the evening - I bethought me to be clean and cool for bed and proceeded to [love?] in water - during which time an electric storm was unseremoniously - hastening over-head - very rapidly coming nearer and nearer . The electric burst and rumblings were more and more alarming and wisely concluding to escape that part of the house I reached for the towel - when the fateful explosion came- I had been only a very short time in the kitchen - and many times during summer- we had threats more alarming in sound so I had no fear till about the
Location
Pacific Grove, Calif.
Date Original
1914 Oct 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir22_0743-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0743
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 6
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
