Creator
Walter Brown
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
[in margin: have rented the house for 8 months @ 75.$ per month.]
July 29# 1886
John Muir Esq Martinez Cal. Dear Brother:
With pleasure I announce the arrival of another little girl baby on the coming of the 24#, she is a fine fat health baby and weighed 9 lbs. Joanna is doing well, I have very good help in the house. I have got the trade thru at last. The notes & deed of trust for $1,500. (less $124.42 the interest on the $4000. notes of yours to date)I have taken in Joanna's name and will sell them to help clean up some matters of my own which need attention at this time and to pay the commissions which I have to pay and and the Interest and expenses of sale all of which I cannot make a full statement yet as they are not all paid I shall keep a complete book account of all transactions so we can settle properly at some future date. With kindest regards to you and all your family and Annie L I am truly yours
Walter Brown
01236
Location
Kansas City, Mo
Date Original
1886 Jul 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Walter, "Letter from Walter Brown to John Muir, 1886 Jul 29." (1886). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1683.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1683
Resource Identifier
muir05_0676-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0676
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
