Creator
[Ann G. Muir]
Recipient
Dan[iel H. Muir]
Transcription
[1]
Portage May 30 /72
Danl. Dear, It seems so very long since I have heard anything of you either directly or indirectly that I thought I must write - although you have not answered my last letter - I hope you and your wife are both well I expect you are getting on well in business but would be glad if you could send a few lines homeward at times - we are anxious to hear from you - could you not try to make us a visit this summer - we would
[2]
- be glad to see you both - After much moving we now begin to feel - that we are settled in Portage we moved to the smallest house we owned - but we had an additional room put up - so we are quite comfortable - Joanna is at home this summer - but Anna is teaching in Caledonia - we expect Mary home in about five weeks We had a letter from John in April telling us about the great earthquake that took place in March. I expect you have seen accounts of it in the papers the motion of the earth had not entirely subsided when he wrote -
[3]
I do not allow myself to think often of our dear old home - it seemed [illegible] to leave the place that we had built and planned and planted - but time brings many changes - and will yet bring greater changes to us all - I trust we will be found ready for the great change from time to eternity - this ought to be our chief care - but how often forgot - - Margt. and Sarah and David with their families are in their usual health - Hoping to hear from you soon I pray God to bless you and keep you at all times - from you affectionate Mother
Location
Portage [Wisc.]
Date Original
1872 May 30
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann G., "Letter from [Ann G. Muir] to Dan[iel H. Muir], 1872 May 30." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1455.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1455
Resource Identifier
muir02_0825-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0825
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
The Huntington 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
