Creator
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Portage May 2d 1880Dear JohnI do heartily congratulate you on your new found happiness and trust it will increase as years pass on. The box you so kindly sent has been received — and its contents much appreciated by all the numerous members of our family. Daniel has sold his property in Racine and has gone to Nebraska about three weeks ago – he came
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home and spent a week with us before leaving. The rest of your friends here are in there usual health. I send my most earnest loving greetings to you and your wife – and would be most happy to meet you both It gives me much pleasure to think of your increased happiness – hoping you will write soon Lovingly Mother00913
Location
Portage, [Wisc]
Date Original
1880 May 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 15 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Ann Gilrye, "Letter from Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir] to John Muir, 1880 May 2." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 544.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/544
Resource Identifier
muir04_0144-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0143
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
