Creator
Mary [Muir Hand]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[June 5, 1904]
My dear brother John,-
Welcome home again! -
Davids letter said - John may be home tomorrow -- and a recent letter from Sarah said "John arrived at home - the 27th" - - The news was glad news - and I was glad enough to shout aloud - and might have done so could you have heard the loudness - and recognized it as mine: as it was I quietly rejoiced, and went about my work
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glad that you are home and well,- and glad too that your long long journey was full of profit as well as pleasure - and now I should like to see you and hear you talk - and will hope to - someday - read what you write.
A man was here in Kearney yesterday - who started from Paris to walk round the world - walk unless where obliged to sail. His trip is laid out for him - and he is writing for one or two publisher's - and is to have a
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good sum of money - when he successfully reaches Paris- What think you of that way? —
We are all well - and join in love and good wishes to you -
With much love to your family
I remain
Affectionately
Sister Mary
Kearney, Nebr.
June 5th, 1904.
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Location
Kearney, Neb.
Date Original
1904 Jun 05
Source
Original letter dimensions: 12.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hand, Mary Muir, "Letter from Mary [Muir Hand] to [John Muir], 1904 Jun 5." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2785.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2785
Resource Identifier
muir14_0206-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0206
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
