Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margaret Muir Reid]
Transcription
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and then looking farther at the larger complete circle of all the Muirs, & Reids & Galloways How grand it is, & how glorious would be the gathering of all the members, whether we shall come together in this world I [dinna Ken?] though it is not impossible, Ill do my best to bring it about, But anyhow I must see you soon Maggie, & Sarah & Mother & the rest of the original Muir family that used to gather about the big table at Hickory Hill & Fountain Lake. You do not seem far now. While leaving the rest of the family you were at least coming [in margin: nearer to your loving brother John.]
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Martinez California March 28th 1881.
Dear Sister Maggie.
I am sure that you will be glad to hear the extraordinary news that we have a darling baby. She came to us on the 25 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon A little less than a year since our marriage. She is a remarkably happy healthy dantyly-featured child, with brow & check, & nose & mouth & dimpled chin as finely modeled & composed as if she were already in her ripe rosy teens instead of being
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only three days old & she looks about her with her bright blue eyes as if eager to learn something concerning the world into which she has so aussp[illegible] entered. The weather here is delightful worm & balmy, the hills & orchards about our home are covered with flowers & the sun is beaming lovingly over them, while the larks & linnets are singing in full springtime chorus. How beautiful the world is, & how beautiful is the time of the coming of our little love You will remember that we were married in the bloom time of the year, & our darling has
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been so fortunate as to arrive in the very floweriest time. The cherry trees are one mass of white petals as if covered with fleecy snow, & the rose & purple & white of the apple & peach & plum are scarcely less showy. Heaven bless our little blossom lassie & make all her life as flowery & happy as it promises to be now. Some time soon dear Maggie you must come to see us. A happy family are we, father Muir, Mother Muir, Grandfather Strentzel, Grand Mother Strentzel & little bloombud Muir, last, least, & yet greatest of all.
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1881 Mar 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Margaret Muir Reid], 1881 Mar 28." (1881). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 619.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/619
Resource Identifier
muir04_0467-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0466
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
