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Letter From Joanna Muir To John Muir, 1860 Oct 21 ?, Joanna Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear John

I hope you are well I am not very long after you went away our little cat was in the stable beside the horses and Bill kicked it and put its leg off joint so that it now walks lame I hope John you will write soon to me

from your Sister Joanna



Dear John

I was at Portage last friday and saw Father buy your things and I saw your new trunk too I hope it will please you I thought it was a very nice one we are just going to start for the Sunday School …

Letter From Ann Gilrye Muir To John Muir, 1860 Oct 21, Ann Gilrye Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Oct 21st 1860

Dear John

We have received three letters from you two from Madison and one from Prairie du Chien, we were glad to know your health was pretty good, in the midst of so much excitement and praise - I hope you find yourself comfortable in you new home, and likely to learn some of those things you want to know. I am glad you found so many friends at Madison and hope you will find friends wherever you go - We were rather surprised to know that you had set your face westward, and so is …

Letter From David G. Muir To John Muir, 1860 Oct 14, David G. Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1] Hickory Dale. Oct. 14th 1860

Dear Brother John

Having received your third letter last night , and knowing now where to direct your letters, I gladly embrace this first opportunity of letting you know that we are all enjoying our usual health and are glad to learn that you are so well, and have prospered with your machinery. We were very anxious to know where you was going, and are surprised to think that you have gone further west, when from the bottom of our hearts we thought you certainly would have inclined toward civilization. I hear that they …

Letter From John E. Varnel To John Muir, 1860 Oct 13, John E. Varnel

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Madison Wis Oct 18th

Mr John Muir Esq Prairie Du Chine Dr sir I received your favor last evening and was glad to hear you were well and had found good friends this morning finds us all well and in good Spirets and I hope this may find you the same our friend Kerby is still with us waiting for a letter he appears to be content and says he [wont?] go till he does get a letter on account [of?] money Moariah is still with us but will leave us tuesday send her best respets to Mr Muir Now …

Letter From John Muir To Sarah Muir Galloway, 1860 Oct, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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-body that likes it as well as me I know you pray for me. Sarah and it is a comforting piece of knowledge I hope you are all fine and well David I would have wrote to both you and Sarah before now had I had opportunity I spent nearly all forenoon at Mrs Mitchells she and the children are pretty well Mr Mitchell expects to be home about the middle of November his health is quite poor fever and ague I guess you had not better answer this till I write again after I settle Goodbye David and …

Letter From John Muir To Sarah Muir Galloway, 1860 Sep, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Sept, 1860]

If you should come to Madison at any time I will expect a kawl you shall I assure be entering welcome Im beginning to weary sorely to see you all again Id willingly bid goodbye for an hour or more to Madisons pretty icy mountains A lady has an extra ordinary amount of long faced sober scheming and thought to get butter and bread for their bodys The whole affair will soon be wound up May we [show?] ourselves faithful servants whatever be our job that when the trial days are past we get the eternal reward through …

Letter From Joanna Muir To John Muir, 1860 1861 Feb, Joanna Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1861] Feb 1860

Dear John I was glad when Mary came home from the meeting and said there was a litter from Pa and me and [illegible] asked hir ware it was and she said David had it in his pockit When he came I wondered what was in it than Ma opened it and got the ledar. Mary and Anna goes to school and I go to sometimes I guess about half of the time and our teachers name is Daniel gillfillan and he teaches [illegible] at the bridge and the [illegible] school house and Mary and Anna is …

Letter From Mary Muir To John Muir, Ca. 1860, Mary Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear John

I am enjoying good health and hope you are enjoying the same. I have just come home from the Episcopal church none of the rest went for they thought it was to stormy but the minister did not come I suppose he thought it was to stormy for the people to come his name is Mr Hudson. this morning Anna and I went to the Methodist church and I expect to go again this evening his name is Mr. Springer, he is a very smart preacher. I went to the prayer meeting twice in the Methodist church and …

Letter From E. Slaltan To Unidentified, 1859 May 2, And May 5, E. Slaltan

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Cache Creek May 2, 1859 My dear friend, Your kind letter came to hand & was sorry to learn that you had been sick but happy to hear that your usual health has returned. It has been estremely dry here this season. Or rather during the spring until to day. [then] has been quite a rain & also, great, preparations have been made for may day. As the schools were all to meet near Cache Ville to have a picture but [ ] many were disapointed, the rain much better as the [grapes] was nearly dry & also the grain …

Letter From Alfred Bradley Brown To John Muir, 1859 Mar 18, Alfred Bradley Brown

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[ ], March 18, 1859.Dear friend John:I have delayed ans[wering] your letter so long that I am almost ashamed to write, but I suppose it is better to write now than never. But I hope you will excuse me for being so negligent, I can hardly tell why I have not written, I have thought a great many times I would write, but some way or other I kept putting it off until now. You wrote that you were going to speculate a little on my backwardness. I think myself that I have been pretty backward about ans[wering] your letter, …

Letter From William Reid To John Muir, 1858 Jul, William Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

July 1868 My Dear Friend John

I received your kind letter and was glad to see it on account of not getting the from you for sometime and also that you have so far recovered as to be able to write one, which gave me much pleasure in reading it, We are all well here at present which is a great blessing, and we may be thankful to giver of life and health that we are not on beds of sickness and languishing and while others are droping away around us we are yet the spared monuments of his glory, …

Letter From William Reid To John Muir, 1858 May 5, William Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

0234 Jeddo Prairie May 5th 1858 Jeddo Prairie

My Dear

My Dear friend John I received you kind letter on Sunday and was glad to see it which I read with great delight, the spring don't seem to come on as fast as we thought at first, however the grass, bushes and the trees are beginning to look quite green again it is a time of reviving of every thing thing. Temproral and Spiritual seems to bud out together. I hope they may continue to go on from spring to summer, and then have a good harvest in Autumn have …

Letter From William Reid To John Muir, 1858 Apr, William Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

April 1868

From William Reid

Dear John Muir
I received your kind letter last Sunday and read it with pleasure and delight and I am going to try to write to you if I can, but I have not any thing particular to write to you, you said that Spring was coming in there I must tell you it is coming in here to I hear the birds sing and whistle it is certainly very pleasant it is music to the ear of man to hear the birds sing in the Spring after a long cold dreary winter. about you …

Letter From Charles Reid To John Muir, 1858 Mar 10, Charles Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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John who was the inventor of nonsense if you know just thank him for this letter I must say I never experienced his help so much as since I commence blethering out letters to you. I guess I have read the most of your book that we have, it is a very interesting history there is in it manny sudden raising and fallings of empires many great and [poops?] battles. many noble and mean [Captians?] and Generals many wise and ignorant Kings. I wish I had the other volumes. If you have any hope you will let me have …

Letter From Charles Reid To John Muir, 1858 Feb 22, Charles Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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they would all join and dance round it in a ring whooping and hallooing throwing up their bows and arrows in a dreadful manner. I should liked to have seen them but so as they could not get the [illegible] on me.

I must quit now for the boys are done with theirs and it is getting late so Adien John

Charles Reid Write soon



[1]

Buffalo Wisconsin Feb 22 1858

Dear Sir

I received your kind letter and poem in due time. I must say you have improved greatly in your poems. I suppose this is your best …

Letter From Charles Reid To John Muir, 1858 Feb 9, Charles Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

00230 [4]

got my dinner and so I was in a greater hurry than ever Well I went along again, and got the shoe fixed on my sledge and comming home met some of the scholars and asked them if you was there, and they said yes so I hurryed along to get up you when I was past the school a piece I happen to look and a head pops out of the school door which I thought belonged to Divid but he did not seem to mind me so I drove on done gone again I guess you …

History Of The Afghans, Joseph Pierre Ferrier, William Jesse

Books in English

Translation from the original unpublished French manuscript by Captain William Jesse. History of Afghanistan.

Letter From Alfred Bradley Brown To John Muir, Ca. 1858, Alfred Bradley Brown

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1858 618


Well John I thought it was about time I was answering your letter. I have been so busy that I have not had much time to write. I thought you would get out of patience wating. So I thought I would begin to press [onward?] I guess I wont write poetry this time you see I ant so used to writing poetry as you be I liked your letter first rate I should like very much if I could write as goode one myself I should like first rate to meet over to the Old school house and …

De Taciti Germania, Friedrich Muenscher

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.

Third Report Of The Geological Survey In Kentucky, Made During The Years 1856 And 1857, David Dale Owen

Administrative Report--KGS

Third report. Assisted by Robert Peter (geochemist), Sidney S. Lyon (topographer), Leo Lesquereux (paleontologist), and Edward T. Cox (paleontologist).

Second Report Of The Geological Survey In Kentucky, Made During The Years 1856 And 1857, David Dale Owen

Administrative Report--KGS

Second geological report. Assisted by Robert Peter (chemical analyses) and Sidney S. Lyon (topography).

Letter(S) From Unidentified To Aunt Mary, 1856 Nov 14, 1856 Dec 1 And Brother 1857 Feb 12, Unidentified

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Alhambra Valley November 14th Dear Aunt Mary As we have not recived any letters from you I thought I would write you a few lines we all well and enjoying good health with the exception of a slight cold I want to know the reason you do not write to us if it is Mr Branchs fault you must make him write. I want to know how you got home with that sweet baby and if it has been weel ever sice. Nothing is done on the house since you were here. The rabits and chickens are doing well. The …

Letter From John Muir To A. Bradley Brown, 1856, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

18 yrs old:

Letter to a friend, Hickory Hill Wis, 1856.

Dear Bradley, I wrote you a long letter a day or two ago, with a supplement; but it was till too short; I shall endeavor to finish it now You remember I mentioned your belief in Jesus Christ as our Saviour. Now what should follow from so great a belief, and what does it signify? Just suppose Bradley, that you are a traveler; You have long been wandering here and there in rough thorny places homeless and friendless; your father is dead, and your mother is dead; you have …

The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies For The Crime; The True Remedy. Speech Of Hon. Charles Sumner. In The Senate Of The United States,19th And 20th..., Charles Sumner

Civil War Text

Loose title page and introduction page of the book: "The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner. In the Senate of the United States, 19th and 20th, May, 1856." The introduction page, however, is covered by a clipped article: "Letter of the Hon. Edward Bates of Missouri."

Ballou's Pictorial Vol. Ix., No. 25, December 22, 1855

Civil War Text

Ballou's Pictorial, Boston, Saturday, December 22, 1855. Loose leaf from Vol. IX., No. 25 (Whole No. 233). The back of the leaf shows page number "386." Leaf includes an emblematical picture of the great State of Louisiana and a novel written by Austin C. Burdick "The Visconti, or, Barbarigo the Stranger, a tale of Milan during the middle ages."

Diary Of Mary Sophia Symington (Boggs), 1854, Mary Sophia Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Full text of Mary Sophia Symington's 1854 diary.

This digitization is split up into 5 PDF files. Download all 5 for the full text.

The Union

Civil War Text

The Union, Vol. VI, No. 63, Thursday, September 19, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "In Congress of the U. States."

The New York Herald

Civil War Text

The New York Herald, No. 5916, Morning Edition, Wednesday, August 21, 1850. Oversized newspaper consisting of 4 pages. This issue includes headline news "One week later from Europe." The New York Herald started in 1835, merged with Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1916) to form Sun and the New York Herald and ceased publication in 1924.

Biographical Notice Of The Late George Mcclellan M.D. [1796-1847] By Samuel George Morton, M.D. Read Before The Philadelphia College Of Physicians, September 4, 1849, Samuel George Morton M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

No abstract provided.

Memoir Of George Mcclellan, M.D. [1796-1847]: A Lecture Introductory To The Course Of The Theory And Practice Of Physic In The Medical Department Of Pennsylvania College, For The Session Of 1847-48. By W. Darrach, M.D., W. Darrach M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

Memoir of George McClellan, M.D.: A Lecture Introductory to the Course of the Theory and Practice of Physic, in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, for the Session of 1847-48.