Letter: John Muir to Samuel Hepburn, 1786

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Letter from John Muir, Maryland, to his brother-in-law Samuel Hepburn, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, dated April 13, 1786. Muir writes of his recent travels: On Philadelphia: "Tis a most Beautifull [sic] and regular built City, the inhabitants friendly, and polite in showing the different curiosities, to straingers [sic] but nothing more. The Country hilly and of a fertile soil and had I money, would wish to spend the rimainder [sic] of my days in that part of the Country… I would wish to give you an Idea of Wilmington tis situated near the mouth of Christien [Christina] river, on a beautifull Emminence [sic] which afordes [sic] a most delightfull [sic] prospect down the Dellaware [sic]. In that place I spent three days at Capt Winders but found the people very unsotiable [sic] and the reason assigned to their being Quakers."

John Muir's (1754-1810) sister, Jean Muir (1759-circa 1810), of Dorchester County, Maryland, married Samuel Chew Hepburn (circa 1742-cira 1806).

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sc.0246.001_001.001

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1786 April 13

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Muir, John, 1754-1810.; Hepburn, Samuel Chew.

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"Letter: John Muir to Samuel Hepburn, 1786" (2021). Documents. 1.
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