Title:
Letter from Mary J. Arnold to John Muir, 1908 Feb 28.
Creator:
Mary J. Arnold
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1908 Feb 28
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_0226-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 13 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Lakeport, Calif.
Rights:
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Transcription:
Lakeport. Cal. Feb. 28, 08 Dear Friend, Your beautiful scene came tonight and I am alone as usual in the storm and darkness.
Your little card of greeting brings a word of friendly cheer. I am sorry to hear of illness and trouble though my own life
is burdened with it, until sometimes I cry aloud, My God why has thou forsaken me 04074 My mother will be one hundred
years old the 5th of May. In August she fell and broke her right thigh. I have been in constant attendance night and day.
No one has been with me except a woman, part of one night. I can get through the days but these black nights sometimes try
my nerves. I, also, have a brother in Berkeley dying. A letter tonight tells me he is very low. Trouble comes in various
guises My heart goes out to you in sympathy. May God give us strength. Sincerely your friend Mary J. Arnold