Creator
J. A. Blake
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
about so when you write please tell me about the matter. Rice is not here this term he is teaching. Griffins folks I suppose you know have mov- ed to another part of the town. During this term I have boarded with Prof. Sterling. The Corr. Sec. of the young men's chris. asso. is a new member Mr M. Norton. Our Sec. has been instructed to write to absent mem- bers. I have not seen Mrs Skinner for an age and I do not know much about her. But I must stop for want of paper Your brother in Christ J. A. Blake
Tell D Muir I am very sorry that I did not see him and his lady when they called and if he comes down this way again I want him to call me out of the class yours J. Blake
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Wisconsin University, Madison, Nov. 24 1863. Very dear friend Muir, I received yours of the 1st inst, in due time, and I was much pleased to learn your place of res- idence, for I was really anxious to write to you, but not knowing your address I was forced to remain silent. Why did you not write sooner? I am sorry that you have been detain- ed at home by the draft, but you left me in the dark as to the particular respect in which you were
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forced to stay at home Please tell me the reas- on when you write again. I thank you for your kind assurances of regard; it makes feel an unwonted satisfaction to know that any one in the wide world cares for me for you know Muir I am rather melancholy. I am also glad to learn that your health is improved from what it was. My health is not very good and I was quite unwell some- time ago; I was under the necessity of sending
for a doctor, and of taking a lot of med- icine, but I am better now, and I still con- tinue to improve. it is with no little satisfaction that I learn my late friend and companion D. Muir has taken a wife and is now happy. May blessings be thickly showered upon him and his partner during their journey through life is the prayer of their friend Blake. You intimated in your letter that some capital joke occurred to you and Rice after my departure, Rice never said anything
Location
Wisconsin University, Madison, [Wisc]
Date Original
1863 Nov 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.0 x 24.5 cm
Recommended Citation
Blake, J. A., "Letter from J. A. Blake to John Muir, 1863 Nov 24" (1863). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1150.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1150
Resource Identifier
muir01_0594-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0594
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
