Creator
Mrs. Albert Davis
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Jeffersonville IndJune 26th 1910Mr John MuirDear Sir:- Having read an interesting piece in the Louisville paper about you I thought I would write you & find out if you were related to us. My father, Geo Muir had a brother John who went out in the far west, I never knew him but seeing your picture you looked so much like my father that I thought I would write04817
My father is dead. He also had a brother Joe, Robert, Charley, & E[illegible]. had two sisters - Catherine & Rebecca, his mother was Keziah Muir. I shall not tire you by writing a long letter but if you are my dear dead father's brother I should like to know - If you deem it wroth while I would like for you to answer my addressisMrs Albert Davis120 Rice aveJeffersonvilleInd.P.S. Our relations mostly lived in New Albamg Ind-
Location
Jeffersonville, Ind.
Date Original
1910 Jun 26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Mrs Albert, "Letter from Mrs. Albert Davis to John Muir, 1910 Jun 26." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5061.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5061
Resource Identifier
muir19_0567-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0567
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
