Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.

[Rough draft of letter][May. '99 ]Dear Sarah & Anna:Goodbye. I'm off tomorrow for Alaska with a large scientific party. I was in the thick of my writing and would not have gone, however tempting the company and auspices had [it] not been that we are to visit the very part of the Coast...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-26987 2023-08-27T04:10:25+02:00 Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May. Muir, John 1899-05-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/2054 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26987/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/2054 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/26987/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1899 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T20:23:12Z [Rough draft of letter][May. '99 ]Dear Sarah & Anna:Goodbye. I'm off tomorrow for Alaska with a large scientific party. I was in the thick of my writing and would not have gone, however tempting the company and auspices had [it] not been that we are to visit the very part of the Coast I have not yet seen, least easy of access, that I have long been wanting to visit - namely from Yakutat to Cook Inlet and Kodiak. I had to go some time anyhow.We go on a special steamer. All expenses are paid by a wealthy New York business man - Mr. Harriman. Only part of the company I know -John Burroughs, Miss Kuhn, Cap. Dale, and Prof. Brewer. We leave Seattle May 30, and return in about 2 mos. I have just sent an article to the Atlantic on Yo[semite] Park. I'm tired writing and need a rest anyhow. I'm glad to hear you are well through Maggie's letter [which] I've just read.[John Muir]02588 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26987/thumbnail.jpg Text Kodiak Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons
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Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
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description [Rough draft of letter][May. '99 ]Dear Sarah & Anna:Goodbye. I'm off tomorrow for Alaska with a large scientific party. I was in the thick of my writing and would not have gone, however tempting the company and auspices had [it] not been that we are to visit the very part of the Coast I have not yet seen, least easy of access, that I have long been wanting to visit - namely from Yakutat to Cook Inlet and Kodiak. I had to go some time anyhow.We go on a special steamer. All expenses are paid by a wealthy New York business man - Mr. Harriman. Only part of the company I know -John Burroughs, Miss Kuhn, Cap. Dale, and Prof. Brewer. We leave Seattle May 30, and return in about 2 mos. I have just sent an article to the Atlantic on Yo[semite] Park. I'm tired writing and need a rest anyhow. I'm glad to hear you are well through Maggie's letter [which] I've just read.[John Muir]02588 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/26987/thumbnail.jpg
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title Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
title_short Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
title_full Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
title_fullStr Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
title_full_unstemmed Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May.
title_sort letter from john muir to sarah [muir galloway] anna [annie l. muir], 1899 may.
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op_rights The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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