Creator
[Joanna Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Mr. John Muir Care of Mr [Frogens?] Esq Madison Wis
Father started for John all the letters Madison Feb 11th Monday that ever comes to see you and give you Father has got to get the money but when hold of them - 00315 00315
To the Royal Highness of Mr John Muir of Madison Sir I humbly claim your attention to the products of my bur oak conception - if I ever visit Madison I shal be happy to se the tree that Pockyhontis gnawed down and the remains in the inside of the tree. Mr. Kafgon has come up from N York to sell his farm and he says he wont go back till he gets it sold 00315
Now as I have wrote a full letter I hope you will also send a full one in re- turn
Now John I wish you to write soon and answer those things I asked you
he hot to Portage city [of?] he found the roads therefore all that so bad he just you would not wish posted the money letter feb 11 him to see write in a piece by itself
Location
[Portage, Wisc]
Circa Date
[1863 Feb]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 11.5 x 20.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, Joanna, "Letter from Joanna Muir to John Muir, 1863 Feb" (1863). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1126.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1126
Resource Identifier
muir01_0483-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0483
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
