Creator
[Ann Gilrye] Muir
Recipient
Wanda [Muir]
Transcription
Portage March 19th, 1888
My Dear Wanda
I received your nice letter some- time ago. I have also received the pretty bouquet you were so kind to send to me
Where you live I expect you see flowers and blossoms in abundance every day, but where I am now, there are _
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_not a green leaf to be seen out of doors. there are only snow and water everywhere so it is very unpleasant to go out of the house, but we know we will soon have fine weather and sunshine, and be able again to walk around with pleasure
I shall hope to see you sometime, I am sure I would be [illegible] pleased to meet you
I think it must be very pleasant for you
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to have such a nice sweet sister to play with all the time I hope you will both be spared to be a joy and a happiness to all your friends and all around you_
I will be pleased to have a letter from you again sometime
With kind regards to you and all your friends I close from your affectionate Grandma Muir
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Location
Portage [Wisc.]
Date Original
1888 Mar 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 11 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann Gilrye, "Letter from [Ann Gilrye] Muir to Wanda [Muir], 1888 Mar 19." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1756.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1756
Resource Identifier
muir05_1010-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1010
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
