Letter from Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore to John Muir, 1894 Jan 7.
any contributions of that which will be gratefully received by our committees.We are to have Rev E.C. Smith, who has twice climbed the peak, lecture to us here on the 19th as part of the scheme of "whooping it up."Prof. Davidson shall be gathered in, you may believe.Capt. Hooper has been h...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-26399 2023-08-27T04:09:37+02:00 Letter from Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore to John Muir, 1894 Jan 7. Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah 1894-01-07T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/1466 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26399/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/1466 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26399/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1894 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:19:26Z any contributions of that which will be gratefully received by our committees.We are to have Rev E.C. Smith, who has twice climbed the peak, lecture to us here on the 19th as part of the scheme of "whooping it up."Prof. Davidson shall be gathered in, you may believe.Capt. Hooper has been here some weeks and leaves for his home tomorrow. I have heard that Capt. Carroll is coming on to secure legislation for Alaska. You know that an attempt was made to secure the governorship for him. Could anything have been more absurd? ParksThe map I [enclose?] you is the legal one from government surveys and lately made surer by decision of Board of Geographic Names. The same surveyor who found the trees "600 ft high by instrumental measurement"--and then came down to 350 feet--made a map last year and renamed the glaciers to suit himself. The Board of Names promptly turned his map down.Sincerely,Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore01763 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26399/thumbnail.jpg Text glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Carroll ENVELOPE(-81.183,-81.183,50.800,50.800) Davidson ENVELOPE(-44.766,-44.766,-60.766,-60.766) |
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any contributions of that which will be gratefully received by our committees.We are to have Rev E.C. Smith, who has twice climbed the peak, lecture to us here on the 19th as part of the scheme of "whooping it up."Prof. Davidson shall be gathered in, you may believe.Capt. Hooper has been here some weeks and leaves for his home tomorrow. I have heard that Capt. Carroll is coming on to secure legislation for Alaska. You know that an attempt was made to secure the governorship for him. Could anything have been more absurd? ParksThe map I [enclose?] you is the legal one from government surveys and lately made surer by decision of Board of Geographic Names. The same surveyor who found the trees "600 ft high by instrumental measurement"--and then came down to 350 feet--made a map last year and renamed the glaciers to suit himself. The Board of Names promptly turned his map down.Sincerely,Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore01763 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26399/thumbnail.jpg |
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