Creator

S[arah] M[uir] Galloway

Recipient

[John Muir & Louie Strentzel Muir]

Transcription

Portage, Wis.,
Dec. 16, '92.

Dear Brother and Sister:

It hardly seems possible that a year has passed since last we were reaching out to you with loving good wishes for Christmas and New year, but so it is, and as lovingly and heartily we again wish you and yours all that is good and best, for the coming year, with the blessing of our dear heavenly father to enrich and gladden all.
Our Christmas gathering will be smaller than ever this year, but the gain will be at your end of the line, and truly it is "your turn."I trust you will all be glad and happy to enjoy the season's pleasures as they come, and thank God for them all. We are all pretty well here. Mother is getting through the cold weather so far very well. My own health is better, and now I take up my old work and get along pretty well, The girls are still in the store, so they have very little time to spend at home, but after the holiday season is over they may perhaps have longer evenings to themselves.
Joanna and the children are well. Walter has not returned yet, but Joanna is expecting him before long. Mrs. Robinson was here visiting for two or three days,--she is not very strong. Her second oldest son, who was married last summer, works the farm, so that she is more at liberty and can take things easier than ever before.
Give my love to Wanda and Helen. They will have a happy time. Tell Grandma that I wish the wish for her that she wishes most. We have had quite a little winter already, with lots of snow. There is good sleighing now.

With much love to all, 1 am,

Affectionately yours,

S. M. Galloway

Location

Portage, Wis

Date Original

1892 Dec 16

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_0726-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 0726

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

3 pages

Keywords

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

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