Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1898 Feb 23.
ARNOLD ARBORETUM,HARVARD UNIVERSITY.Jamaica Plain, Mass., February 23, 1898.My dear Muir:I am pegging away very constantly at The Silva with very little enjoyment to myself but with the hope that the job will be off my hands by the end of this year.Last week I went to Ottawa, passed a day there talk...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-26857 2023-08-27T04:10:31+02:00 Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1898 Feb 23. Sargent, Charles Sprague 1898-02-23T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/1924 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26857/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/1924 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26857/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 1898 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:19:44Z ARNOLD ARBORETUM,HARVARD UNIVERSITY.Jamaica Plain, Mass., February 23, 1898.My dear Muir:I am pegging away very constantly at The Silva with very little enjoyment to myself but with the hope that the job will be off my hands by the end of this year.Last week I went to Ottawa, passed a day there talking to explorers who spend their summers in Labrador and the valley of the lower Mackenzie River and such other out-of-the-way parts of the world. The Canadian winter with its cold dry snow and brilliant sunshine I found delightful. Next month I must go to Florida to look for one or two troublesome Palm trees which have heretofore escaped me and I hope that Canby will go with me.I have written to Miss Eastwood that I must have the flowers of Abies magnifica this year and that, if necessary, she could confer with you as to the best way of getting them. I do not suppose that people who are interested in California like you and Miss Eastwood are going to consent to the appearance of a plate representing Abies magnifica without the flowers and I count on getting them somehow or other. If Miss Eastwood cannot go, and there is no one nearer than San Francisco who knows enough about trees to know what the flowers of an Abies look like, I wish you would find some young man and send him into the mountains to get this material. I will gladly pay his ex-02404 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26857/thumbnail.jpg Text Mackenzie river University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Mackenzie River |
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ARNOLD ARBORETUM,HARVARD UNIVERSITY.Jamaica Plain, Mass., February 23, 1898.My dear Muir:I am pegging away very constantly at The Silva with very little enjoyment to myself but with the hope that the job will be off my hands by the end of this year.Last week I went to Ottawa, passed a day there talking to explorers who spend their summers in Labrador and the valley of the lower Mackenzie River and such other out-of-the-way parts of the world. The Canadian winter with its cold dry snow and brilliant sunshine I found delightful. Next month I must go to Florida to look for one or two troublesome Palm trees which have heretofore escaped me and I hope that Canby will go with me.I have written to Miss Eastwood that I must have the flowers of Abies magnifica this year and that, if necessary, she could confer with you as to the best way of getting them. I do not suppose that people who are interested in California like you and Miss Eastwood are going to consent to the appearance of a plate representing Abies magnifica without the flowers and I count on getting them somehow or other. If Miss Eastwood cannot go, and there is no one nearer than San Francisco who knows enough about trees to know what the flowers of an Abies look like, I wish you would find some young man and send him into the mountains to get this material. I will gladly pay his ex-02404 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26857/thumbnail.jpg |
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