Creator
[Ann G. Muir]
Recipient
Daniel [ H. Muir]
Transcription
[4]
is Belfontaine Columbia Co Wis And now Daniel I trust the Lord will ever keep you, and shield you from harm The girls both join me in sincere love to you hoping you are getting along well. I am anxious to hear from you again - it is possible you may hear from me again this month - if things goes on as I expect May your heavenly Father ever watch over you is the sincere wish of Your affectionate Mother
[1]
June 1st 1871
Daniel Dear
Your letter to me from Racine was very welcome my mind was much troubled about you - as soon as you were out of my sight that day you left home I felt as if I had not done all I ought to have done for you - and I thought probably it would have been better to have acquainted your father with your affairs - I would have been glad to see you come back with the girls again from Portage I am very thankful that you found a willing friend in John M. with his means. he assists many
[2]
I sincerely hope you have found a place, where you can earn a living, and have a home and settle down comfortably Margt and her husband and baby has been visiting round here for a week - and Sarah and her husband and children came while they were here - we had a pleasant time - but they were all surprised that you had not wrote to any of them but were glad to hear about you Margt and Sarah has each had a letter from John and he is well and very comfortably settled for this summer. The weather is intensely hot, and Joanna and I are half sick with
[3]
the heat - June 4th Anne came home on friday and will return tomorrow morning again to her school she took cold about four weeks ago - and has rather a hard cough yet - and she has grown very thin. she walks one and a half miles to school and I think it too much for her - but her boarding place is so pleasant that she hates to change her cough is not quite so hard and dry now, but I think it continues too long. could you prescribe any thing for her that would help her to get rid of this cough - if you can - will you write to her, as soon as convenient - her address
Location
[ Hickory Hill, Wisc.?]
Date Original
1871 Jun 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann G., "Letter from [Ann G. Muir] to Daniel [ H. Muir], 1871 Jun 1." (1871). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1378.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1378
Resource Identifier
muir02_0453-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0453
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
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Owning Institution
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Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
