Creator
Harvey Reid
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Union Grove, Racine Co. July 13th 1861.
Friend Muir: On arriving home from the University and unpacking our books, [Tuller?] and I found that we had your geometry with us, - if having been jacked with our books through mistake. As we did not know your P.O. address we concluded we would be oblijed to keep it until we returned to school next term; but
as matters have now shaped it will be impossible for either of us to return, next term at least; so, [recollecting?] your acquaintances with Mr. Dates. I write to you at his P.O. hoping that it may reach you. If you will send me your address I will forward the book by return mail. We found our friends all well on arriving home and glad to see us. Crops are looking very well in this neighborhood, but will not be half the yield of last year, the drought having affected them materially, and also there is some complaint of [rush?] in wheat. The " Fo[illegible]" was [illegible] in our village with great
enthusiasm and success, the newly awakened military excitement being represented by two companies of "Home Guards" who contributed in a great degree to the interest of the occasion. Have you heard from your application for a Patent yet? and what new wonder have you been inventing lately? Hoping that our unintentional [illegible] has caused no serious inconvenience I am Sincerely your friend Harvey Reid
Location
Union Grove, Racine Co., [Wisc]
Date Original
1861 Jul 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.0 x 24.5 cm
Recommended Citation
Reid, Harvey, "Letter from Harvey Reid to John Muir, 1861 Jul 13" (1861). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1075.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1075
Resource Identifier
muir01_0209-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0209
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
