in margin: Miscellaneous Mr? Bidwell etc 407 7th Ave South Minneapolis Minn 17th Feb 1891 Mr John Muir Sir I have
read with great interest your letters to the Century As I am informed you are a Scotchman long resident in California I would
like to ask if you are a relative of mine My Father Henry Moir or Muir a native of Aberfoyle Perthshire (married Christiana
Stewart) went to Ireland and became a Farmer there His younger brother John Moir or Muir went to California soon after the
discovery of gold and followed gold mining for