Creator
Margaret [Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir & Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[4]
hope she will come to Nebraska some time with papa & mama and now with love to all, I close.
Affectionately Margaret
P.S. Write soon. Ihave been looking for a letter from some time. M.R.
01212
[1]
Crete, Neb. Dec 28th 1885
Dear Bro John & Sister Louie
The past year is almost gone. and I hope you had a pleasant Christmas time and heartily wish you both not forgetting Wanda a very very happy new year
May Gods richest blessings be yours through this and every other year of your lives and may we all meet in "the Better Land"
I hope this will find you all well and that Annie is still improving also Mrs. Strentzel.
We have been having
[2]
very unusual weather for this part of the world at this time of year) for about two weeks now, I think much like tha twinter we spent with you white frost. Joy & sunshine mixed
We expected Joanna & Walter & Ethel about Christmas. but they failed to come. J. was afraid of a change of weather about the time she intended to start as Ethel has a cold. But the last we heard they would try to spend New Year's with us * hope everything will prove favorable to their coming this time.
The children have a vacation of two weeks
[3] and are having a gay noisy time. John spends most of his time among sheep & cols. Christmas he went jack rabbit hunting with other citizens.
I wish I could run in and have a good talk with you all instead of using my pen which today seems slow & uninte resting. I have no doubt but that if we were all together my tongue would get loose and we would have a good talk
Give Wanda a good kiss for Aunt Maggie tell her I would like very much to see her and
Location
Crete, Neb
Date Original
1885 Dec 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Margaret Muir, "Letter from Margaret [Muir Reid] to John Muir & Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1885 Dec 28." (1885). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1657.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1657
Resource Identifier
muir05_0574-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0574
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
