Creator
[Father] Daniel Muir
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Town of Buffalo Jan 15, 1861
Dear Sa[illegible] I again write you in that I am about to start for Portage I was at Mary's yesterday she is a great deal better She is to be there to night to stop over night I have sent you incloSed $20- I need not tell you about what is going on here as you will soon be here yourself & then you will See I only say be sure to continue in the faith & be about your fathers business indure hardships like a good solder of Jesus Christ every thing seems like [ding & dross?] compared with that. Suffering will soon be over & glory with all its beauty in [illegible]essed
Seeing this let us play the man as good solders of Jesus the Salvation of our Souls & that of others it is more worth than the perishing things of time we can do nothing but the grace of god is plentifull through Christ we can ever [illegible] plentifully from that fountain & our Heavenly Father will ever hear us for his beloved Sons's Sake our beloved Savour let me know as soon as you get the money your lovin father
D[illegible] Muir
Location
Buffalo, [Wisc]
Date Original
1861 Jun 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 25.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, Daniel, "Letter from Daniel Muir to John Muir, 1861 Jun 15" (1861). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1073.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1073
Resource Identifier
muir01_0203-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0203
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
