Creator
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Martinez, Gal.,
June 20, 1893.
My dear Brother John;
I received your very kind and thoughtful letter a little while ago. How good it is for you to think of me, dear John, and I thank you for it. Your letter did me lots of good.
I am real glad to know that you are pretty well, and standing your trip and writing and so much excitement of so many kinds as well as you are. Take real good care of yourself, dear John, for I know you will pass through many dangers ere we see you again, and I pray the Lord to watch over and keep you safe as in the "hollow of His hand," and may you feel Him near as you look upon and admire his many great and wonderful works on sea and land.
Your dear ones are all pretty well. Little Helen is looking well and Grandma was better when i saw her last. David is about the same as when you left, perhaps a little better. He rested some while handling the cherries. Our folks are as well as usual, and I am better. I am getting fat - have not weighed so much, I guess, for 20 years. I weigh 114 lbs. My weight has been from 105 to 108 lbs. for a long time. My porter seems to do me good and answer every purpose, as it makes me sleep too.
I am glad you found mother and all the rest of the folks pretty well. I don't know whether you v/ill get this or not, but I felt as though i wanted to talk right back to you after I read your letter.
With much love and many wishes for a safe and pleasant trip, I am,
Ever yours,
Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid]
I have just been over to--- the house to get your address. Louie looks tired, but they are all well and happy over your good long letters. Helen seems real bright and well. Her appetite is good and they tell me she never seemed in better health.
M.
Location
Martinez, Cal
Date Original
1893 Jun 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Margaret Muir, "Letter from Maggie [Margaret Muir Reid] to John Muir, 1893 Jun 20." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 938.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/938
Resource Identifier
muir07_1120-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1120
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
