Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Dan[iel H. Muir]
Transcription
Ind' Sep' 27th 1866
Dear Dan I recd' your letter today & was glad to hear that you were well and busy I thank you for those ferns the two which I return are new - the larger is [Aspidun?] [Goldianerm?], the other is a species of [Asplenium not?] descri[illegible] Gray, please send me large & well pressed specimens of both and of as many of them rare & new ones as you can find If you cannot send them very well keep them till I come I recd a beautiful [illegible] & friendly letter from Mrs Carr lately. Mary wrote me a letter in good verse Father eats only one meal a day now.
I came near quarreling with Mr Osgood lately and may possibly leave them though they are
send one as large a piece of A. Goldranum as possible in your next fold in [illegible] whol one if possible beside the one you keep for me
JM
good as his again Tell your bosses that I will turn them one million of broom handles within a year on one lathe at $2.00 per thousand, this would be an average of more than 3 thousand per day Doty has gone to Missouri, Stokes to Cleveland Ohio Our foreman told me that those [Mortisings?] machines cost $3.75,00 a piece at Cincinati Ohio from Fay & Co manufactures
I am very busy with my fair articles
The flood filled our Mill Cellar and made us stop for four days John Reaves & [illegible] send their best respects so do I Write oftener, and write long letters I will tell you in a few weeks what I am going to do this winter I am going to talk with [Or'?] & Smith soon
As [ever?] cordially your brother John.
Location
Ind[ianapolis, Ind.]
Date Original
1866 Sep 27
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Daniel H. Muir, 1866 Sep 27" (1866). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1203.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1203
Resource Identifier
muir01_0872-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0872
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Huntington Library. 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
