Creator
Auntie
Recipient
[Lon]
Transcription
Modesto May 10 ’80 Dear Auntie, We were blessed on the afternoon of the 5th (last Wednesday) with a fine daughter weighing 8 ½ pounds. She has black hair, black eyes, and is said to resemble me. I think she will look like Belle. She is fat, plump and awful healthy. “What a pretty baby” is the [ ] exclamation among her many admirers. May is doing unmarkably well, though she keep her body yet and will for three weeks to come. We hope that your health is improving and expect to see you up this way this summer. It seemed funny to her of Louies marriage! It was such a surprise. We reach our congratulations through Ma but you may present them again the wish them a long happy life. You must come one and all and see the baby as soon as you get able. She will grow plump & lovely until you see her. Write soon and let us know how you are getting along. We are anxious to hear. Yours very affectionately [Lou/Lon]
Location
Modesto, CA
Date Original
1880-05-10
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
[ ], Lon, "Letter from [Lon] to Auntie, 1880 May 10" (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6712.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6712
Resource Identifier
1880 May 10 Lon to Auntie
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
