Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir]
Transcription
[2]
Hickory Dale 1000 ft above the sea. January [illegible] /65
Dear John We are pretty well but are fast growing weary of the many changes which now seem to be of daily occurrence . We now live in a room made in the upper part of the barn next the orchard we[illegible] by an outside stair It is hard carrying up the wood & water Once I slipt and fell with an armful of burr oak firewood and sprained my [weeping?] sinue. The cattle live in the house now - the cows in the cellar - the horses on the first floor & the sheep upstairs
[3]
Nan will not go past the cellar door but we do the best we can The apple trees are dug up and planted upon the cold rocky summit of the observatory where I am sure they will not grow well The cattle do not stand the severe weather well this winter - they stand drawn to- gether like a dog licking a pot Aunt Sally is married and Lowdy Graham has the whooping cough Write soon or sooner from your Sis Mary
P.S. Carrie Muir has enlisted and David is very angry
[4]
[Now?] Mary you should just [illegible] grit and [bone?] of that kind in your letters I only scribble that nonsense to show you that these small matters which occur in the neighborhood which you do not think worthy of note are still of interest to us when so far from home. I am sorry that John & David have had to leave home but it is better that they go down to sojourn in this American Egypt then of fight American Philistines. I trust Mary that you are deligently employed in the acquisition of knowledge - prepare yourself for usefulness as a teacher and do not think of marrying for long years to come, is my advise this note will also do for Anna & Joan
Give my kindest love to all at home
Write soon Affect'ly John
[1]
March 5th /6[5?]
Dear Sis' Mary I would give you a kiss cash down for the satisfaction of seeing you I fancy that your face is [illegible] so lean and little but that I could easily find it. I received your last letter with a great deal of pleasure but it was not great enough in [of its?] dimensions minute enough in its details or sufficiently [illegible] knick knacky [illegible] [illegible] is a f[illegible] for a [illegible] letter from you [illegible] though as regards style I by no means commend it to your exact i[illegible]
Location
[Meaford, Canada]
Date Original
1865 Mar 5
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mary Muir, 1865 Mar 5" (1865). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1166.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1166
Resource Identifier
muir01_0686-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0686
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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
