Creator
Mary [Muir Hand]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Kearny, Nebr.
Feb. 4. / 94.
My dear Brother John;
Your holiday letter and card came to me and was greatly enjoyed, not so much enjoyed not as a visit would have been, but as you could not arrange to come our way, the next best was a letter from you.
Your recent long trip must have been grand indeed, both from what you write and the home people write, and mother must have been very grateful for all the pleasant news you brought from her long loved home in Scotland. She sent me a tartan kerchief at Christmas time saying that, the others had one and
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Kearny, Nebr.
Feb. 4. / 94.
My dear Brother John;
Your holiday letter and card came to me and was greatly enjoyed, not so much enjoyed not as a visit would have been, but as you could not arrange to come our way, the next best was a letter from you.
Your recent long trip must have been grand indeed, both from what you write and the home people write, and mother must have been very grateful for all the pleasant news you brought from her long loved home in Scotland. She sent me a tartan kerchief at Christmas time saying that, the others had one and
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be spared from home for some time to come, yet will hope to have the happiness some day of visiting your valley, and the little families gathered into it. The San francisco "Fair" is a temptation to hurry up--but that will have to pass.
Our winter thus far has been an unusually pleasant one. A week or two ago we had wind and cold but it is mild again.
We are all in usual health The children are growing well in spite of winds
Love to you all
Affectionately
Sister Mary
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Location
Kearney, Nebr
Date Original
1894-02-04
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hand, Mary Muir, "Letter from Mary [Muir Hand] to John Muir, 1894 Feb 4." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6815.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6815
Resource Identifier
muir08_0105-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0105
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
