Creator

Walter Brown

Creator

Walter Brown

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[letterhead]July 12# 1886John Muir Esq Martinez Cal. Dear Brother:Your letter of July 6# came safely also the deed John Muir #to# W.B. Brown I think the trade will be completed the latter part of this week, I had to send [illegible] lendor to Kentucky to get a (D.C.D.) Quit Claim Deed from an old lady about 80 years old who has by an inperfect deed a life dower in the land but we though perhaps she would die before you sold, it does not amount o much. We cannot go to the hills as you suggest on account of [faulty?] probabilities coming on very soon.We are all well now Truly Walter Brown01235

Location

Kansas City, Mo

Date Original

1886 Jul 12

Source

Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0674-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0674

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

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

1 page

Keywords

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

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