Creator
Dave [David G. Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Saturday Eve Nov 15th 1862
Johanes Mine Brouder As the children are all scribbling for you I took the notion to speak a word. I am very well and happy too hope you are Ditto exactly. I am plaguey glad that I am not drafted for I almost expected to be, and you are also free til the next call. I suppose you hear and see soldier enough every day. I don't see any except loafers. I have engaged in the haberdas- hery business till next July making 9 months in all. I got a tip-top 2d grade certificate but I am going to need it. I got $15 for
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the first month. 1 get $18 for the next 5 months, and $20 for the last 3, making $150 for the last 8 months, with board and washing, the former of which is tiptop.You know I have sold my oxen, and am quite free again. Ask D. Y. Abbott why he doesn't write once in a while. Tell him 1 want a Dutch and English dictionary, i.e. a Dutch-English, English-Dutch one. Ask him to let me know if they have any good ones, and how much it will cost. If he can't get a good one tell him to send it, and tell me what it cost, and I will send the money. You see, John, I have improved in my writing lately.Write soon and all the news. And remember Portage City. Goodbye, dear sir, says,Dave [Muir]
Location
[Portage, Wisc.]
Date Original
1862 Nov 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, David G., "Letter from Dave David G. Muir to John Muir, 1862 Nov 15" (1862). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1118.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1118
Resource Identifier
muir01_0447-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0447
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
