Letter from John Muir to [Asa] Gray, 1880 Mar 16.

920 Valencia St. [Muir?]San Francisco.March 16th 1880.Dear Gray,I send you here a few odds & ends from Southeastern Alaska Please send back a specimen of each or fragment named. Had a glorious summer among the glaciers. Found ten that flowed majestically into the sea & sends off bergs. There...

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Main Author: Muir, John
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1880
Subjects:
John Muir
correspondence
letters
author
writing
naturalist
California
correspondent
mail
message
post
exchange of letters
missive
notes
epistle
glaciers
Alaska
Online Access:https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18772
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Summary:920 Valencia St. [Muir?]San Francisco.March 16th 1880.Dear Gray,I send you here a few odds & ends from Southeastern Alaska Please send back a specimen of each or fragment named. Had a glorious summer among the glaciers. Found ten that flowed majestically into the sea & sends off bergs. There can hardly be less than 10,000 big & little in the territory. counted over 200 from one standpoint. The forest are magnificent That cupressus we found about Shasta is not [Nootkatensis?]. Have just been comparing them. Found specimens in Alaska 150 miles [at?] of Wrangel 150 ft high [6?] ft diameter. Ever cordially yrs John Muir https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43707/thumbnail.jpg

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