Creator

A[nna] G. Galloway

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Mound Hill January 15th 1871Dear Uncle John As mother is writing I thought I would put in a few lines with her. I thank you very much for that little flower I think a great deal of it because it came so far. Did you have nice time on Christmas? I am sure I did. I got four presents in my stock- ing viz., an apron from mother, a lead pencil and penholder from Aunt Reid and a card from Aunt Maggie Foster. At was snowing so hard on Christmas that we could not go to meeting The next day we went to Grandpa Muir's and we had a nice time. Grandpa gave me a nice lit- tle book called Anzonetta R. Peters and Aunt Annie gave me a picture. - School was just half out yesterday I am getting along nicely this winter Aunt Joanna makes us write597

compositions and my last one was about Yosemite Valley I am all most through my Arithmetic George is getting along nicely too He has got through fractions with the exception of a few examples. - Here is a card I have made for you I hope you will like it. As Celia wants to write I must close please write soon. Your affectionate neice AG. Galloway.May Dear. Uncle. JOHN .We. have. GOT. Three. CaTS* THeIR .NaMeS. aRe. Rosa * Lily. aND. GRAY .ROSA. IS. GRAY. WiTh. A. WhIte. RING. ROUND. heR. Neck. LILY. IS. WhIte. .GRAY. IS. A. Wee. KiTTIe. ALL. GRAY* YOU. SENT. Me. A. Nice. FLOWeR Ma. IS. SOING. TO. PLANT. THE. SeeD. NEXT. SPRING. WILL YOU. SeND. Me. A. LITTLE. LetteR to CeCeLIA 00527

Location

Mound Hill, [Wisc]

Date Original

1871 Jan 15

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir02_0377-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 02, Image 0377

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

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

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