Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Mr. And Mrs. Pelton]
Transcription
After is d[illegible Fannie
6
Fannie is dead O God what can I say, or what can I do Well well do I know how little letterfuls of condolence can do [illegible] Your little blessing is away but - Oh Mr and Mrs Pelton you know that Jesus loves the little dear and all is well and you'll go to her in just a little while though she cannot come to you blessed blessed will you be if washed by Jesus' blood you be found sinless as she
Love Jesus the more he knows the strength of this woe Think how many dangers and aches your little dear has been spared by leaving a little earlier than yourselves And she is safe, all safe and [also?] blessed If in death still lo[illegible]- loa[illegible]lier there far l[illegible] You know how surely I feel this myself and how deeply I sympathize with you but I'd better say no more John -
"Jesus died"
Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1862]
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mr. And Mrs. Pelton, ca. 1862 Fall" (1862). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1122.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1122
Resource Identifier
muir01_0465-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0465
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Wisconsin Historical Society. 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
