Creator
Annie L.Muir
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
01115
Crete Neb. Nov. 15 ‘83
Dear Brother John: -
Your two kind letters to Maggie and me were rec’d, and I hasten to acknowledge you exceedingly kind invitation to me. How I wish it were in my power to respond in person immediately, for I long to see you again and to make the acquaintance of your wife and baby – but for the present I am utterly incapable of undertaking the journey I have as yet barely recovered from the journey from Wis. to this place, which was just a month ago – Dan has
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even forbidden my riding out in the carriage, as he says the jaring & shaking have a tendancy to spread the difficulty in my lung – which is, as Maggie has probably told you, hepatized. My plan now then, is if possible, to get down to Kansas City before the coldest of the weather comes, and winter with Joanna & Walter who have very cordially urged me to do so – as it is warmer there than here and less windy – and then, as the climate there is highly recommended for such cases as mine I shall hope by spring to be able to accept your invitation – And oh how I will look forward to it! for
has it not been the dream of yours, that I might one day visit California, and look upon the wonderful Yosemite Valley [illegible], of which I have read such glowing accounts from your pen and that of others. The very thought of it seems to inspire and lift me out of myself. Can you tell me what months are the best, in Cal.? But of course I shall have to be guided by circumstances entirely. Maggie will write you again by and bye. With love to you and yours. I am yours affect –
Sister Annie L. Muir
Location
Crete, Neb.
Date Original
1883 Nov 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Annie L., "Letter from Annie L.Muir to John Muir, 1883 Nov 15." (1883). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 767.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/767
Resource Identifier
muir04_1137-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 1136
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
