Creator
Maggie R.[Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[in margin: and now with much love to you all I am as ever affectionately Maggie R.] [embossed letterhead][4]It will soon be a year since you & David were here poor boy he has again been in the furnice of affliction since then. May the Lord comfort & support him.It has been a hot dry summer, and vegetation begins to look like fall.I think Mrs. Mayce must enjoy very much [illegible]nice trips as she has every year. Give her my kind regards. And also to Doctor & Mrs StrentzelI am glad they are so, well[1]Crete, Neb., May 28th 1886Dear Brother JohnYour letter of a day or two ago has done me much good, it was for just such a letter I was hungry for. You told me some -thing good about every one of your family also [their?] Grandpa & GrandmaYou seem to think that Wanda & Sister Annie has told me all the news necessary. Well the dear child does well & will be able someday. If it was a shame to keep her looking so long for a letter [illegible][stricken word] I really though I had written to her, but I am so
Location
Crete, Neb
Date Original
1886 Aug 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0680-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0680
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
