Title:
Letter from John Muir to Cha[rle]s Notman, 1894 Nov 1.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
Cha[rle]s Notman
Date:
1894 Nov 1
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir08_0486-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Rough draft of letter, marked 'Copy of letter to Notman Martinez, Cal., U.S.A., NOV. 1, 1894. Chas. Notman, Esq., My dear
sir: Yours of Oct. 16, with discharge in favor of our grandfather's trustees came duly to hand, and yesterday I telegraphed
to my sister Anne asking her whether she had received the 25 pounds interest on the R.R. shares, due last August, and in reply
the same day she said that she had received the 25 pounds less expenses, etc. But my brother David, who for more than thirty
years was a merchant in Portage, and who cashed all the interest drafts sent by Mr. Combe tells me that all the drafts were
six mos. old when they were forwarded to our mother, and that he (Mr. Combe) always drew six mos. interest before he forwarded
the draft for the preceding six mos and therefore it is probable that although he sent my sister 25 pds. last August, this
was not the interest due at that time, but the interest for the preceding six months, and that he still holds the last Aug.
interest. I am provoked and disgusted withthe mean.whiney, begging, unmanly letters he wrote to my sister Anne andmyself,
in which he makes no mention of the 280 pounds he has already received for his services. When the news of grandfather's death
reached us in Wisconsin, though only a small boy at the time, I distinctly remember hearing my mother and father saying that
Mr. Combe ought to have some compensation for his trouble, and no doubt this one pound semi-annually was allowed and agreed
on between them and Mr. Combe. So this is all right as far as I know, but the begging part of the business for further compensation
is all wrong, and as far as l am concerned will be treated with the contempt it deserves. To-day I hope to get the Discharge
signed by my sister Margaret, brother David and myself. Then I will send it on its way to receive the other signatures required,
and hope it may reach you in about a month or six weeks from this date. In the meantime, with thanks for your care and kindness
in this matter, I am, Faithfully yours, John Muir