Creator
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Portage April 21st 1885
Dear John
It hardly seems possible that it is a year since I wrote to you on your birth day before. and yet it has brought considerable changes to us all. I hope it has been a happy and profitable year to you and that you have many yet to enjoy
How very rapidly one year after another flies away leaving its impress upon us both in body and mind and how needful it is that we should look beyond this transitory
[2]
_ state of things_ to the unchangable happy land beyond _ to which we are all fast hastening if we are among the faithful
So Katies sufferings here are all ended she often talked to them all about what she wished them to do after she was gone.
Poor David looks so sad and is only the shadow of his former self but he talks much [composed?] with the children. Carrie is very bright and is 20 years of age and is a good [house before?].
Annie is seventeen and is studying very hard as she expects to graduate
[3]
this summer. and the two boys are both good scholars for their age their mother assisted them very much with their studies
While I was sick I stayed with Sarah for four weeks and them came back to my own home but she has moved to a larger house, and I am goin to have rooms with her her two Daughters are both teaching this summer so she will only have one at home
I go rather reluctantly so far up on Prospect Hill [illegible] as I am not quite capable of taking the long walks
[4]
that I used to enjoy so much but now I am doubting if I will be able to get to church or Post Office but I still have many blessings and comforts to be thankful for
Give my love to Wanda and tell her how much I prized the many bright blossoms she sent me
I am still hoping to see you before very long.
With much love to dear Louie and yourself I close Affectionately Mother
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Location
Portage, [Wisc]
Date Original
1885 Apr 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 40 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann Gilrye, "Letter from Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir] to John Muir, 1885 Apr 21." (1885). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1597.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1597
Resource Identifier
muir05_0236-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0236
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
4 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
