Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

George Galloway

Transcription

[Jan.] 1867 Ind [illegible]

My dear little nephew George Galloway I am glad you sent me your little letter, because it made me think of all the big lots of fun we used to have when you lived at Fountain Lake. Old Santa Claus gave you lots of candy and good things. he did not put anything in my socks, I suppose he likes little boys & girls best. You must read all the pretty book that grandma gave you, and you will soon read lots of big books, and get a great deal of good knowledge and become a useful man. I wish you were here

so we could have some fun. Your picture & Annas are in a pretty gilt album in my room, and I often take a bo peep at them. You could sleep with one in my funny bed stead, and when it was time to rise a thing would say click and down we would bumble, and before we could look to see what was wrong another thing would say click too, and light a little lamp to show us where our clothes were. When you become a man maybe I will make you one of these beds. I hope you will grow big this year and learn lots at the school

Your affectionate uncle John









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Location

Ind[ianapolis, Ind.]

Circa Date

1867 [Jan]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.0 x 13.0 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0924-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0924

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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.

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

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