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letterhead March 15 1886 John Muir, Esq. My dear Friend. It is too long since I have heard from you - longer than
I would formerly have believed possible. Some outline of my life I send you, and am confident I shall have yours in return
and that right early. I live here, just as when you were last here. and have all the same family. My boys are both away. Jamie
in Iowa railroading. Henry at Superior on the Great Lakes. a lawyer and building up a city. Hatching illegible empires. My
wife is no more an invalid. Twice have I been abroad. taking Anna on one journey and Agnes on another. We returned on the
Oregon- illegible yesterday. when the Northern Packcig opened I was at Portland. and then went on into British Columbia. The
same season four of us slept 3 nights on the tentless ground among the Yellowstone geysers. It is but about a year since I
last returned from Europe. and that year I have been studious here.