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Letter from D[aniel] H. Muir to [John Muir], 1905 Aug 6.
No full text[letterhead]Aug 6 1905Dear Bro JohnIt was with grief that we read the telegram announcing the death of Mrs Muir. My wife joins with me in extending simpathy to yourself and daughtersBro D H Muir03598https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/28282/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[avid ] G[ilrye] Muir to John Muir [et. al. ], 1882 Dec 17.
No full text[4]P.S Sister Louie I hope you will come to Wis some time I should like to get acquainted with you, dont judge of the Muir family by the specimens you have seen. D.[G.?] Muir01088https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/37177/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[aniel] H. Muir to Board of Supervisors, Racine County [Wisc.], 1872 Jan 11.
No full text[in margin: [Carwick S?]] To the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Racine CountyRacine county Dr to Dr. Muir $10.00For [illegible] herein sp[illegible]fied viz.Jan 5th one call to christion Peterson at the Rapids\u27 Jan 6th A Post Mortem on the body of said christian\u27 PetersonD H Muir M D Racine Wis Jan 11/72https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/36475/thumbnail.jp
Reconnecting with John Muir Essays in Post-Pastoral Practice
No full textIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM LAKE TENAYA -- 1. Keeping Faith with the Source -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM THE RIM OF NEVADA FALLS -- 2. Muir as Practitioner of the Post-Pastoral -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM MONO LAKE -- 3. Muir's Multiple Discourses -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM LAKE TAHOE -- 4. Teaching Environmentalism through Writing -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM THE TRAIL TO MIRROR LAKE -- 5. Muir's Mode of Reading John Ruskin -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM CAMP FOUR -- 6. Rick Bass's Fiber as a Post-Pastoral Georgic -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM TUOLUMNE MEADOWS -- 7. Walking into Narrative Scholarship -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM FAIRVIEW DOME -- 8. Teaching Post-Pastoral Poetry of Landscape -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM MOUNT HOFFMAN -- 9. Tests of Character in Cold Mountain -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM CATHEDRAL PEAK -- 10. Muir's Fourfold Concept of the Mountaineer -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM GLACIER POINT APRON -- 11. Toward a Post-Pastoral Mountaineering Literature -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM THE ROYAL ARCHES -- 12. Post-Pastoral Practice at the Crossroads of Ecocriticism -- TO JOHN MUIR FROM HALF DOME -- Appendix A. Introducing Ecocriticism into the University Curriculum -- Appendix B. Twenty-five Kinds of Post-Pastoral Landscape Poem -- Appendix C. Advice for New Writers Targeting Outdoor Magazines -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- YDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Letter from Emma [Muir] to Mary [Muir], 1874 Feb 4.
No full text[on stamped envelope: 2/4/74 fm Emma (Danl’s wife) Miss Mary Muir Madison Wis][Letterhead: JONES & LEWIS, Prescription Drug Store, 43 SIXTH STREET, THREE DOORS WEST COLLEGE AVENUE, RACINE, WIS.]Dear Sirs I hope you are having fine weather. times. Health. Spirits. Hopes. Buckwheat cakes. Honey. Memory, Lessons. Comb and Sleigh rides We do D [H?] Muir M.D. [in square box:] 22https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/35201/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[avid] G. Muir to Dan[iel H. Muir], 1881 Jun 11.
No full textPortage Wis June 11/81Dear Bro DanI enclose herewith [illegible] for 500.00 [Sep?] exchanges You will acknowledge receipt to me & settle for it with mother as soon as recd all well hope it may reach you in time have you sold my farm yet? Is it not time to pay tax? Did you work 100.00 worth on my places or do you owe ‘Mr some’ if so how much? I don’t want any money but would like to know with best wishes to you all Yours truly D Muir [illegible]https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/36650/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[aniel] H. Muir to John Muir, 1886 Oct 13.
No full text[letterhead][note at top of page] 300.00 will be due on Nov. 1st together with interest on 900.00 for one year at 8% One third part of which will be 124.000 [Mom?] and I have not sold any lots yet I hope you will forward this__ This city is still growing finaly and very soon every lot will sell at a firm advance I have spend 200.00 on im- -provements and keeping the premises in good marketable condition and all looks well and the City is rapidly growing around it01243[letterhead] I hope you are well and prosperous_ I trust that Anna will be well ere this I would be pleased to hear from her_ We have just had a very pleasant visit from Joanna and family from K.C._ Maggie will start tomorrow morning for Wisconsin to see the folks there and I hope to follow within a month We are all very well Mrs Muir sends regards to yourself and familyCordially Fro D H M01243https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/36713/thumbnail.jp
Letter from David? Muir to John Muir, 1862 Jun 8
No full textGassJ D. Muir can make gass on short notice and bust every oyster can under the sun. I tried very hard yesterday to make carbonic acid gass I took a bottle put in a lot of powdered marble and water enough to cover it well, I then commenced slowly to pour in sulphuric acid which made it boil violently up out of the top of the bottle which started me after rags in a hurry to stop the flood I made another attempt and got some gass but found it easyest to put out candle with the breath of my nostrils as the gass realy seemed lighter than air instead of heavier John do please write soon and tell me how to make cairns experiments with sulphuric acid or any thin else easy to be gotten and some composition subject and tell me how you get along now expecialy with l[illegible] and when you will be home and also of every that pertaineth to Madison be sure and write soon from D. Muir good-bye00298https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43429/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[avid] G[ilrye] Muir to John Muir, 1884 Sep 28.
No full text01142Portage Mo Sept 28/84Dear Brother John David Galloway died t-day at 12 [illegible], at the home of Jno Foster. I suppose you know that he has been very sick for a long time. for the last four or six days his death has been hourly expected. His remains will be buried at the Louden Graham cemetary in Buffalo on Tuesday 30th [inst?] They rented a nice house here & moved in but took David to Jno Foster which they was letting the house & then he died. Yours affectionate D. Muir for Sarahhttps://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/34904/thumbnail.jp
Letter from D[avid] G[ilrye] Muir to [John Muir], 1880 Jun 26.
No full text[4]one reason I did not write you shortly after your marriage was you did not give your new address. the others wrote to Martinez at my advice, but not having heard from you since, do not feel sure that you have recd their letters. You ask about my family [Katie?] is pretty well. [Carrie?] will be 16 this fall, Annie is 13. Will 11 & Jno 8 & all healthy & blessed We think with good common sense. Mary Hand has been sick but is much better. Annie is with her. Mother is alone one of our or Jno R’s girls generaly stay with her nights, Sarah is getting over her trouble & [appears?] tolerably cheerful. but still there is a Sadness about her. Maggie is a feeble [illegible]. We hope Neb will do her good. Hoping this long letter will partly make up for my careless delay. that this will will find you happy & well I su[illegible] myself with kindest regards to Mrs J Muir your brother D [G?] Muir[1][in margin: P.S. I have a 20th interest in 14 claims, lodes & mines in Silver Cliff, Colorado, out of which I expect make up for my lost time partly Write soon again, D.G. Muir]Portage Wis June 26/80Dear Bro JnoI was truly glad to receive a letter from you this AM Even if you did give me a whipping. I deserve it though. I [illegible] congratulate you for your good fortune in getting a good wife & wish you had found her sooner. I hope your wanderings will here after will not be so lonely as they used to be to your dear wife I would Say I welcome her into our family b[illegible] for her a happy life & hope soon to see & become well acquainted with her.00929https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/34839/thumbnail.jp
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