Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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2all cure. She sits up most of the time but any slight walk or exertion in the kitchen exhausts & sends her to bed for an hour or two. I dont know what to do as to advising her to stay here or undertake the journey with her to California. David is much bent & worn & bears the marks of all these years with their hardness of care & grief - The two girls Carrie & Anna are fine sensible well behaved young women. The elder is to go from home tomorrow to teach music. The other will keep house for David & the two boys. Little John Muir is an amiable little fellow, the picture you have is good. the other boy is quite a carpenter & is building a boat. Sarahs girls are fat & strong well able to care for themselves excepting Gracie the baby. who is bright & interesting Of course they are like to eat one up & I have had a busy
Location
Portage City, [Wisc]
Date Original
[1885] Aug 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 41 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0388-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0388
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
