Creator
Margaret [Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Portage May 23rd 1880
My very dear brother John
So you have at last taken unto yourself a wife. I wish you and your dear partner every possible happiness in life. May Gods blessing attend your every step and may we all at last meet an unbroken family at His right hand When are you coming to make that long looked for long longed for visit I think you might make your wedding trip right home here I am anxious to make the acquaintance of my new sister. I wrote you a letter shortly after you left Alaska but received no answer but excuse
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you I did not dream of such an important event as your marriage being so near at hand or even ever being at all. You certainly surprised us this time. but I must now close Give my love to my new sister. and except a large share for yourself from your sister Margt
Please write soon
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Location
Portage, [Wisc]
Date Original
1880 May 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Margaret Muir, "Letter from Margaret [Muir Reid] to John Muir, 1880 May 23." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 550.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/550
Resource Identifier
muir04_0176-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0175
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
