Creator
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
of my family - you are each held in daily remembrance.
Probably you know that many of our oldest neighbors have died this last summer, Mr. McNeith being one of them, in mercy we are still all spared, Surely the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad - May the blessing of the Lord be upon you at all times to guide you and keep you - is the sincere prayer of your affectionate Mother
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Farm Jan. 12th '71
Dear John
Your last letter to me gave me much pleasure I have often read it and felt assured that you were spending your days happily in that beautiful valley - I enjoy your descriptions of it very much - another Christmas day has come and gone, and you were as much missed as when first you left home and still you are found in Cal = Joanna was absent from our yearly meeting for the first time - she had gone to portage and did not get home until two days after[wards deleted]. Sarah with her husband and children were with us -
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and then we had John Reid and the two girls - a few days later we had Margt and her little boy [&?] David Muir is so immersed in business that he seldom finds time to visit. I am glad to say he and his wife and children have good health this winter. Anna is staying at home this winter, it is a great comfort to me, but we live so very retired, that she gets rather lonesome - your father is as busy as usual every day - doing all the chores, and making fences, and has good health, last week a person told him - he began to look old he replied he did not feel old Some time ago I had a letter from Danl. he wrote
that his health was good and that he was swallowing - know ledge quite as fast as he could digest it - he thinks there is a possibility of graduating this spring - I hope he will succeed. I had a letter lately from Mary she is quite well, and likes Madison very much she came home o a visit last Augt. - I thank you very much for your great kindness to Mary. I hope she will make a good use of it - and I hope you will yet be repaid - I think I have told you about all the family I think my greatest part of earthly happiness consists in knowing of the wellbeing and comfort
Farm, Jan. 12th, '71.
Dear John:
Your last letter to me gave me much pleasure.I have often read it, and felt assured that you were spending your days happily in that beautiful valley.I enjoy your descriptions of it very much. Another Christmas day has come and gone, and you were as much missed as when first you left home, and still you are found in Cal. Joanna was absent from our yearly meeting for the first time, she had gone to Portage and did not get home until two days after. Sarah with her husband and children were with us, and then we had John Reid and the two girls. A few days later we had Margaret and her little boy. David Muir is so immersed in business that he seldom finds time to visit. I am glad to say he and his wife and children have good health this winter. Anna is staying at home this winter. It is a great comfort to me, but we live so very retired that she gets rather lone some. Your father is as busy as usual every day, doing all the chores and making fences, and has good health. Last week a person told him he began to look old, but [he] replied he did not feel old.
Some time ago I had a letter from Daniel. He wrote that his health was good and that he was swallowing knowledge quite as fast as he could digest it. He thinks there is a possibility of graduating this spring. I hope he will succeed.
I had a letter lately from Mary. She is quite well and likes Madison very much. She came home on a visit last Aug. I thank you very much for your great kindness to Mary. I hope she will make a good use of it, and I hope you will yet be repaid. I think I have told you about all the family. I think my greatest part of earthly happiness consists in knowing of the well-being and comfort of my family. You are each held in daily remembrance.
Probably you know that many of our oldest neighbours have died this last summer, Mr. McNeith being one of them. In mercy we are still all spared. Surely the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad. May the blessing of the Lord be upon you at all times to guide you and keep you, is the sincere prayer of
Your affectionate
Mother
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Location
Farm [Hickory Hill,Wisc?]
Date Original
1871 Jan 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann Gilrye, "Letter from Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir] to John Muir, 1871 Jan 12." (1871). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1363.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1363
Resource Identifier
muir02_0371-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0371
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
