Creator
Louie Strentzel Muir
Recipient
Abigail Bush
Transcription
San Jose Jan. 7th Dear Louie I recd from you on Christmas day your present of your Husband’s Book the Mountains of California, [&] am Reeding it with great interest. Thank you very kindly for it. I should have acknowledged it before but have had company [ever] since, [Eddy] spent some ten days with us [&] I was just about to sit [down] to write you when [ ] came in to stay so you will excuse me wont you. In reeding I wonder [so] much [how] he could have staid long enough to make his [observations] in what to us seemingly desolate county, but he may seem [over] compensated [by] giving it to the [country]. I don’t think any one else would have given it. Again I thank you for it I often go back in [memory] [over] [the] many years of our [knowing] Each other [&] [the] [ ] [ ] That we have experienced together may kind [ ] reward you for all of your kindness to me. Give kind love to your mother & ask her to write me often as I am [constantly] anxious about her Health, & am [Lonely] when it is a long time that I do not hear. Kind love to your Family Affectionately your Friend Abigail Bush, We are having very cold weather since the Rain ceased.
Location
San Jose, CA
Circa Date
[1880] Jan 7
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Bush, Abigail, "Letter from Abigail Bush to Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], Jan 7" (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6780.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6780
Resource Identifier
No Date Jan 7 Abigail Bush to Louie
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
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
