Letter from S. Hall Young to [John Muir], 1897 Jan 26.

6Alaska lectures. Have five of them. Have lectured to six Chatauquas, & have had great success. Although I have been negligent about writing to you, I have not neglected any opportunity of talking about you, and audiences all through these states have seen Glacier Bay with your eyes and shivered...

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Main Author:	Young, S Hall
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Letter from S. Hall Young to [John Muir], 1897 Jan 26.

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