Creator
Anna Galloway Eastman
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
01775
[1]
Portage, Wis., Jan 26, 1894.
Dear uncle John:
Here comes Kenneth to thank you for his share of your Christmas odds and ends, a nice bath-tub. You should see him, sitting all alone, splashing the water with his little dimpled hands and flirting it over on to his Grandma's carpet.
The picture, which was taken before his was six months old, does not do him justice, but it is difficult getting a photograph of so young a child.
Many thanks for my present. It is very kind in you to think of us all and we so far away.
Down thru the [mid?] of it [found?] this beautiful river [shining?], spangling in the golden light; yellow [grasses?] along its banks & strip of brown meadow while the whole park was astir with wild life. some of which even the noisiest travelers must have seen had they been with me.
01775
[2]
I could wish myself in Cal. this week. Just think of 23[degree symbol] below zero, and that is what it was yesterday morning. It is very much milder today.
We are all well as usual here in Portage, but Hiram and all his people have been having a very severe tussle with grippe. Kenneth and I came home for Christmas and remained because they were afraid we would take it too, but if it is mild enough we will go home tomorrow.
With love to the many relatives and a good share for yourself, I am affectionately yours,
Anna Galloway Eastman.
Location
Portage, Wis
Date Original
1894-01-26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Eastman, Anna Galloway, "Letter from Anna Galloway Eastman to John Muir, 1894 Jan 26." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6811.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6811
Resource Identifier
muir08_0079-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0079
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
