Creator
Dan[iel H. Muir]
Recipient
Mary [Muir]
Transcription
[4]
read to Annie and give her my compliments My love to all Affectionately your Bro Dan
[1] [circled: 3]
Racine Feb 11th 1878
Dear Mary
We shall look for you next month according to promise and we do want you to come So you must try [underlined: awful hard] to come before_____ We are quite well Hattie having now four teeth is quite happy and judging from her actions is [underlined: the] one of the family What a mild winter we are having we have only had
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[2]
four days of sleighing we rather miss the sleighing however as this street is very merry when there is snow enough for good sleighing I have not time to write more than a note but hope you will come any way. Write soon and tell us when we may look for you Remember me kindly to all Yours with love Emma A Muir
[3]
Dear Sister Mary
We want you to come [ sure?] as we consider this our last opportunity of a visit as [ Milsville?] is a great way off I hope you are prospering in your business and collecting all you earn as no doubt you can since you have the ability make pictures which tickle their fancy Tickle the public and make it grin The more you tickle the more you ‘ll win But teach the public you’ll never grow rich But live like a beggar and die in a ditch. the last two lines you may
Location
Racine, Wisc.
Date Original
1878 Feb 11
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Daniel H., "Letter from Dan[iel H. Muir] to Mary [Muir], 1878 Feb 11." (1878). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 402.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/402
Resource Identifier
muir03_0713-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0712
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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
