Creator
Annie L. Muir
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[4]
Father is quite feeble now keeping his room and bed much of the time, but says he is in good health. has a good appe- tite and seems quite comfortable & happy.
I hope you will not fail this time in your intended visit to us all, the coming winter as you have so many times failed. And now with love to [Louie?] and little Wanda as well as to your - self I am as ever your Sister Annie L. Muir
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[1] Kansas City Mo. August 30, 1884. Dear Brother John:
Since writing to you last I have made good strides toward health Indeed so much better am I, that I no longer regard my intended visit to Cal. essential to my complete recovery.
My cough with its attendant symptoms have almost entirely left me; and I seem but to require strength to place [me upon?] my former footing at last.
And strength is, I think, coming as fast as possible
[2]
Now much a sI would enjoy a visit with you and your family, and a sight of the wonderful country in which you life, I am convinced that duty holds me back, for the present.
If Mother needs me I must spend the winter with her - if not - then circumstances are such that Joanna would be very glad to have me remain where I am. Walter [brings?] from home much of the time - & [illegible] so that you see I am not at liberty to come to you when the necessity is removed, and have thus [illegible] relinguished the
[3]
proposed trip for the present.
Your great kindness, how ever, and Sister Louie as well, in welcoming me to an unlimited stay with you, in my time of need, shall be [illegible] and gladly remembered by me.
I hope to see you both yet; and little Wanda too, some day. perhaps not - so very far distant.
Joanna and Walter are well. Little Ethel has been very well too, but is now cutting teeth and is not feeling quite so well.
She is a dear little prattler saying almost everything now, and is the pet-and comfort-of us all.
Location
Kansas City, Mo.
Date Original
1884 Aug 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Annie L., "Letter from Annie L. Muir to [John Muir], 1884 Aug 30." (1884). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1570.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1570
Resource Identifier
muir05_0116-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0116
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
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
