Creator
Maggie[Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Portage City, Feb. 23 rd 1873
My dear brother John, it is a long time since I received a letter from you. and I am wearing very much for one I am ashamed of not having wrote to you before this. I have had much to take up my time and attention this hot summer and fall we have had an uper story made to the house we are living in, besides other alterations down stairs - and trying to live in it while it was being done made me so nervous I have not got over it yet. and it is so long since I wrote a letter I have almost forgotten the way. O John I do long to see you but I am so glad to hear of your good health and happiness and fame. how pleasant it would be to have a real good talk face to face and hear you tell of the wonder
of California, and of your queer fearless exposed, wonderful way of living. I would also like to show you my great romping, healthy boy two years and a half old, and tiny wee Maggie of five weeks. John please send me your picture too I would like a good picture of you so much, will you John. Joanna has been quite sick but is getting well. We are all about as usual. Sarah has has a bad cold but is some better. please write very soon From your affectionate sister Maggie
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Location
Portage City, [Wisc]
Date Original
1873 Feb 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Margaret Muir, "Letter from Maggie[Margaret Muir Reid] to John Muir, 1873 Feb 23." (1873). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1512.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1512
Resource Identifier
muir02_1067-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1067
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
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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
