Creator
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
01295
Crete, Neb. Feb. 10th, 1888
Dear Bro John
I thank you for your great kindess. which I can never repay.
I received your letter saturday with money order enclosed for 100 dol for which I thank you. I hope I can return it soon. May those more prosperous days you speak of be not long in coming- if they ever do or do not I shall always feel that you did all you could to bring them about.
It is something new for John to lie awake nights worring about his affairs. or anything else. but if all this trouble be the means of
bringing about a new & better state of affairs_ it may- be for the best_ an however little we possess, when we are able to say we "owe no man anything" I shall be grateful & happy.
And this world is not all.
I hope this will find you all well. I am afraid from what I hear that you will be tempted to work too hard on your book
Love to Louie. and all the rest.
affectionately Maggie
Location
Crete, Neb
Date Original
1888 Feb 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Margaret Muir, "Letter from Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid] to John Muir, 1888 Feb 15." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1749.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1749
Resource Identifier
muir05_0986-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0986
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
