Creator
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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David did not think to give me your message to Celia for some days after he returned, but as soon as I received it I sent it on to her, she has not yet written me what her decision is in the matter. but most likely you will have heard from her. I hope to hear that Helen keeps improving, she will be getting to be quite a house keeper now that Wanda has gone to housekeeping in the Adobe. It is good that she is so near to you.
I wish for you John a happy New Year with the comfort of the Lord abiding with you ever. Sarah
[1]
Pacific Grove, Calif.
Decr 28 - 1904
Dear brother John:-
I was very glad to receive your good Thanksgiving letter and to know that you all had enjoyed the day. We all ate our Thanksgiving dinner with David and Ette and went out to the beach in the afternoon. Yes we felt that we had much to be thankful for in many ways. I had a letter from Mary last month written from Denver where she and Willis were visiting their son and wife and having the pleasure of seeing their first
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grandchild. She also mentioned a visit she made at Lincoln and Crete last Sept. that she enjoyed and found all of our people there well. In a letter from Joanna received last week she tells of great improvement in her health, her summer outing gave her just the start she needed and she still keeps gaining steadily, can take nice little walks and call on her friends. After living so long confined to the house, it is a great pleasure for her to be out again. When Mary was at Dan.'s he said that he was very anxious to see us all again, and wondered
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if when Joanna was well enough to come as far as Lincoln they could get together and come to California and have a reunion. How all would enjoy it. Mary said it hardly seemed that it could ever be, but that we might take comfort in the hope that some time not too far in the future we might get together once more.
It made me sad to hear a few days ago of Maggie's serious illness again,, in both John's and Marys letters they thought her gaining a little, and had been able to sit up a little while. I hope that with these brighter days she will be feeling better.
Location
Pacific Grove, Calif.
Date Original
1904 Dec 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Galloway, Sarah Muir, "Letter from Sarah [Muir Galloway] to John Muir, 1904 Dec 28." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2932.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2932
Resource Identifier
muir14_0760-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0760
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
