Creator
D[avid] G[ilrye] M[uir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Lincoln Neb May 5/92
Dear Bro John
You see we are still here. Juliaette arrived seven hours after you left & was disappointed at not finding you here. She brought your [laundry?] with her. Dan is trying so hard to get us to remain here. it makes it hard for us to decide what to do. According to his talk it looks as if we could make a living here & perhaps move even the first year. If you needed me as much as you seem to Juliaette it would not be so difficult for us to decide. I m afraid I could not stand working in
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the sun & fear I would not be of much use to you. I wish I knew more about that village of yours If I could find something to do in addition to selling real estate &c &c I am feeling a little better but haven’t much [‘Sand’?] It seems hard to get my spirits & hope revived. We intend to go to Crete in a few days to see Mrs Waterman. Juliaette says you must be sure & write to mother as she feels lonesome. I wrote her yesterday We thank you for all of your kind acts & intentions & send love & kindest regards to you & your family
Your brother D.G.M.
Wish you could help us to decide.
Location
Lincoln, Neb
Date Original
1892 May 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, David Gilrye, "Letter from D[avid] G[ilrye] M[uir] to John Muir, 1892 May 5." (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 171.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/171
Resource Identifier
muir07_0555-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0555
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
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
