Creator

David [Gilrye Muir]

Recipient

Dan[iel H. Muir]

Transcription

Dear [bro?] Dan

I have been writing on Katie & now wrote from my self. Am glad to hear that you are doin well & enjoying good health. We have lived to see another year, the past one has been a pretty hard one for me. Times a little hard one [afe?] & low prices & Katies sickness She is no better but grows gradually weaker she has tried several M.D.s medicine & ointments but askide from making her more comfortable they [seem?] to have done no good. They all unite in saying there can be nothing done for her. [Medicine?] is a failure with her as she [illegible] awake all [night?] if she takes it. Your [clover?] prescription [illegible] to be [illegible] Have you any other sub -stitute for morphine? How is [chlorai?]? Yours David

Location

[Portage, Wisc. ?]

Circa Date

[1884]

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0182-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0182

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

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

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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