Creator

Sarah [Muir Galloway]

Recipient

John Muir

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[in margin: Gracie sends this little [illegible] to [illegible]] [handwriting faded]Portage, Wis. Ded 20th /84Dear Brother and SisterI will just send a few words at this time to let you know how we are getting along. We are very lonely, and sorry since the shiny arrow we were wont to [leave?] upstairs but we try to do the best we can, trusting in the strength of that [illegible] that will not fail us in our time of need. We are living in Portage outside of the [illegible] [illegible] of the town. Anna is at home with us Celia is teaching school about eight miles out in the country. she is home every week so we have not time to [illegible] Louie is attending school here and is getting along very nicely with her studies. Anna has not been well for two or three weeks but is much

Location

Portage, Wis

Date Original

1884 Dec 20

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0152-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0152

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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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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