Creator
Joanna M[uir] Brown
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Portage, Wis.,
March 2, 1895.
My dear brother John:
Several days have been allowed to pass since your letter with its important contents was received. But the truth is, I have scarcely felt equal to the expression of my feelings to you.
The experiences of the past few years have been so overwhelming that sometimes I feel too confused to understand my own feelings. But one thing I do know -- that no twenty-five dollars ever was more welcome. Surely the Father Himself must have inclined you to the kind act. Yet I cannot deny that there is a good deal of sadness mixed with my gratitude.
What is to be the end of all this -- I cannot tell. But I am determined to trust to the end, for if I were to give up my confidence that "all things will work together for good" and that all will end aright, I would give up all heart and cease to try to make the best of what I have.
Pray for me, my brother, and believe me,
Gratefully yours,
Joanna M[uir] Brown
I believe I will enclose one of Walter's letters, so you can see about how he feels.
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Date Original
1895 Mar 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Joanna Muir, "Letter from Joanna M[uir] Brown to [John Muir], 1895 Mar 2." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3061.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3061
Resource Identifier
muir08_0863-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0863
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
