Creator
John H. Riley
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
January 15th 1867
Friend John I seated my self to write you a few lines to ask a favor of you to see Mr O. S. good or Smith and see what they will give me per weak if I can f[illegible] thing her to get there by the last of F[illegible] and the best the [illegible] strait for one year or more if we can get a long to geather longer for John I had a settlement with this man at I am [illegible] his pl[illegible] and he [illegible] me to cut his wood and hall it to his house for his team to get my fire wood up and that dont [illegible] me that kind of work and more I wont do that nay for him or no other man I ofer to cut his wood and he haul mine or lad a bout this dont s[illegible] him so he may do better or worse just as it suit him every body is working for the intrust I am of that conclusion to and how [illegible] [illegible] self please see them and not let on to them bout my [illegible] this leave me well and mine and I hope at this will find you and boys all in that good health that is to every man or aught to be
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please to tell father that [illegible] are all well and that I is got home safe Mr Muir I look for and speady answer to friend Muirs from John H Riley
John you please to see O S good or Smith and if they will give me as much a weak or more and send me 25 dollars so I can move I will come at once [illegible] you see them see the best they will do for me to work a year for the firm and if they will give me every other job beside the one I had that I can do y I would as leaf have it and if not I will take my old job talk to Mr Jones and see it may be at ther is some job that he can work me in if that man wants to keep the circle saw that I had let me no as soon as is have
Knightstown Po Henery [illegible]
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Location
[Henry County, Ind.]
Date Original
1867 Jan 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Riley, John H., "Letter from John H. Riley to John Muir, 1867 Jan 15" (1867). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1212.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1212
Resource Identifier
muir01_0916-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0916
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
