Creator
Joanna G. [?] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4] in portage better now I begin to know the girls now and I think that is part of the reason why I like to stay in the city the girls some times sings the [illegible]white an[illegible] and D[illegible] and Star Spangled banner and I think I will soon learn to sing them. Ma Sends her love to you ans So do I. be Sure and come [illegible] write Soon.
From your affectionate Sister
Joanna Y Muir
[1] Family March 1st 1862 Dear John I hope you are well we are pretty well. I like to go to school very well and I like to live in the city our teachers name is Miss Boothe and I think she is a good teacher she said she would teach all who wanted to draw and Pa and Ma said I might I expect to begin next weak. Sarah and David and Anna and George came and stayed all night and started after dinner Mary and I took Anna down town to get
[2] a thimble for hir but we could not get any Small enough for her the man asked us what did we want a thimble for such a little [illegible] as her Anna wanted to know if Mary and Anna went to school. where the funny thing [illegible] the top. She mint the steeple She thought when we said the high school we mint the [tagh?] Steeple of the church. a while ago Margaret and John and Anna came and Stayed two or three days with us Margarets health is not very good. we expect David home pretty
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[3] Soon and want you come with him we would all be very glad to see you Pa is only here at dinnir as he is haveing his wheat Brought to portage they have had two or three break downs they are drawing there wheat to a new ware house at the railway Station. Sometimes I go to meeting on Sunday three times on one day we sometimes go to Presbyterian and some times the Methodist and some times the Episcapalians and I think I like the Methodist best. we begin to like to live
Location
[Portage, Wisc]
Date Original
1862 Mar 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 15.5 x 20.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, Joanna G., "Letter from Joanna G. ? Muir to John Muir, 1862 Mar 1" (1862). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1097.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1097
Resource Identifier
muir01_0343-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0343
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
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
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
