Creator
J[ohn] Reid
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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do not know whether I will ever come out or not. if my ship comes in pretty well [illegible] I may come. David and I have a little interest in some of the mines in Colorado that is proving to all accounts of paying us something for our money how much we do not know at present. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip it may be so in this case. however if that fails I may get a mine in those cattle that I have out here in Neb[illegible]. Dan is about 20 miles from us he left Racine in regard to his health has bought 320 acres of R.R land on time do not know how well he will succeed one thing I do know he has got [in margin: to do different to what he has been doing. he will learn, now John I have written quite a number of lines more than I [expected?] give my respect to Mrs Muir hoping to see you both out here in Neb before long your brother [Jno?] Reid]
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Crete Neb Dec 13 – 1880
Brother John
Dear Sir
Maggie handed me your letter to post while on the way to the office I thought I would write a line or two in regard to her. You will see by her letter that our home is in the far west and you would like to know the cause of us moving out west. there was several reasons that induced me to move and two of them I will give. two years ago Mr Foster and I sent out some cows & Hufers about 300 Head and let them out for 10 years on the half of the increase it — became necessary for me to move out here where I could keep an eye
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on them to see that they were all right. the other reason is in regar
Location
Crete, Neb.
Date Original
1880 Dec 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, John, "Letter from J[ohn] Reid to John Muir, 1880 Dec 13." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 596.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/596
Resource Identifier
muir04_0381-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0380
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
