Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1899 Aug 18.
Martinez. Aug. 18. 1899.My dear Prof. Sargent.I got home from the big north trip on the 3d but had to go to the Sierra Calaberas Big Tree Grove almost before I settled hearing that it was to be sold & made into [lumber?]. My Sperry I found who owns both the Calaberas & South Grove & the...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-43702 2023-08-27T04:10:25+02:00 Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1899 Aug 18. Muir, John 1880-03-16T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18767 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43702/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18767 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43702/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1880 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T20:26:55Z Martinez. Aug. 18. 1899.My dear Prof. Sargent.I got home from the big north trip on the 3d but had to go to the Sierra Calaberas Big Tree Grove almost before I settled hearing that it was to be sold & made into [lumber?]. My Sperry I found who owns both the Calaberas & South Grove & the Sugar pine region about them had offered $100,000 for 2000 acres, but had refused the offer. So the trees there are safe as yet. & he promised to let me know before accepting any offer that would include the Sequoia Groves.The Harriman trip was a grand success the South & North ends of the Excursion in S.E. Alaska & Behring Sea I had seen under more favorable auspices before, but the Coast & inlets from Cross Sound to Yakutat Bay, Prince Williams Sound Cook Inlet & Kodiak Island, Shumagin Island. & the Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska I had not seen & though we stopped only a few days at a time here & there I picked up a good many bits of knowledge & enjoyed the trip in grand style. Here are a few https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43702/thumbnail.jpg Text Kodiak Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons |
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Martinez. Aug. 18. 1899.My dear Prof. Sargent.I got home from the big north trip on the 3d but had to go to the Sierra Calaberas Big Tree Grove almost before I settled hearing that it was to be sold & made into [lumber?]. My Sperry I found who owns both the Calaberas & South Grove & the Sugar pine region about them had offered $100,000 for 2000 acres, but had refused the offer. So the trees there are safe as yet. & he promised to let me know before accepting any offer that would include the Sequoia Groves.The Harriman trip was a grand success the South & North ends of the Excursion in S.E. Alaska & Behring Sea I had seen under more favorable auspices before, but the Coast & inlets from Cross Sound to Yakutat Bay, Prince Williams Sound Cook Inlet & Kodiak Island, Shumagin Island. & the Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska I had not seen & though we stopped only a few days at a time here & there I picked up a good many bits of knowledge & enjoyed the trip in grand style. Here are a few https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43702/thumbnail.jpg |
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