Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Sarah Muir [Galloway]
Transcription
To Sarah Muir Sunday May 10th
Dear S. I have just returned from the [grave yard?]. David will tell you all about it "The little Mitchells" what a sorrowful affectionate group, and the poor [mother?] may the Eternal Father who alone knows the strength of all this woe, be always near them and lead them. Death never forgets, Is he far from us May we "be ready" it was with no little interest that I saw your Davids signature on [illegible] I thank you for this book and mark the last time I was in a book store I read perhaps an hour in this same book and thought if I was sick I would buy it; here is a bible which I often thought of sending you I bought it in Pr du Chin but I have another reference one and Maggie's besides, [see that you?] wear it well As for home when Dan was telling me about you all I thought I must go but I think I shall endeavor to persuade myself to stay especially as
this term is so near and I do not know indeed whether I shall be home after the term is out or not but it is likely I shall take the next good opportunity in the meantime I can advise you to be a good girl and kiss your little [beloveds'?] for me and endeavor earnestly to make your man less bashful at least as much so as shall enable him to eat though from home I do not full pe[illegible] about you [illegible] having put my name on the book right or wrong I intend to draw you a pic someday :here is one for Maggie poor girl. you know she wearys some times I slept a wee hair too long and was at Mitchells a few minutes too late I saw the wagon stait though
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Location
[Madison, Wisc]
Date Original
1861 May 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 20.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah Muir Galloway, 1861 May 12" (1861). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1070.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1070
Resource Identifier
muir01_0193-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0193
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
