Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1896 Apr 27.
Martinez, California, Apr. 27, 1896My dear Colonel Sellers,I mean to go to Alaska in about a month from now & I thought Frank might want to make the trip with me. I shall go by the regular steamer to Sitka, then by a small mail steamer to Yakntal, Prince Williams Sound & Cooks Inlet to see t...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-1030 2023-10-01T03:56:10+02:00 Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1896 Apr 27. Muir, John 1896-04-27T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/31 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/1030/viewcontent/muir09_0148_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/31 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/1030/viewcontent/muir09_0148_let.pdf The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html John Muir Correspondence (PDFs) Environmentalist naturalist travel conservation national parks John Muir history correspondence letters text 1896 ftunivpacificdc 2023-09-02T22:28:34Z Martinez, California, Apr. 27, 1896My dear Colonel Sellers,I mean to go to Alaska in about a month from now & I thought Frank might want to make the trip with me. I shall go by the regular steamer to Sitka, then by a small mail steamer to Yakntal, Prince Williams Sound & Cooks Inlet to see the Fairweather Alps from the outside, & Mt. St. Elias & the glaciers thereabouts - & learn what I can. The trip will probably be free from desperate adventures through slightly rough & damp. I feel sure Frank would enjoy it & endure it in grand style. Indeed you all might, since Mrs Sellers triumphantly survived a weeks pounding on those Rocky Mountain quartz mills called Yellowstone mustangs, & the sleek black of the Continental divide & above all Catlins Killing corrosive cooking, [illegible] must seem easy by contrast. Amd then just think of the glory of white St. Elias & the broad crystal glaciers pouring to the sea!I saw Keith last Saturday. He is doing charming work but is making too much money for mental wealth & is as extravagantly unreasonable unpursuadable & unmanageable generally as ever. So of course he wont go to the wilderness with me. Ever YoursJohn Muir Text glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Fairweather ENVELOPE(-61.083,-61.083,-65.017,-65.017) |
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Martinez, California, Apr. 27, 1896My dear Colonel Sellers,I mean to go to Alaska in about a month from now & I thought Frank might want to make the trip with me. I shall go by the regular steamer to Sitka, then by a small mail steamer to Yakntal, Prince Williams Sound & Cooks Inlet to see the Fairweather Alps from the outside, & Mt. St. Elias & the glaciers thereabouts - & learn what I can. The trip will probably be free from desperate adventures through slightly rough & damp. I feel sure Frank would enjoy it & endure it in grand style. Indeed you all might, since Mrs Sellers triumphantly survived a weeks pounding on those Rocky Mountain quartz mills called Yellowstone mustangs, & the sleek black of the Continental divide & above all Catlins Killing corrosive cooking, [illegible] must seem easy by contrast. Amd then just think of the glory of white St. Elias & the broad crystal glaciers pouring to the sea!I saw Keith last Saturday. He is doing charming work but is making too much money for mental wealth & is as extravagantly unreasonable unpursuadable & unmanageable generally as ever. So of course he wont go to the wilderness with me. Ever YoursJohn Muir |
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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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html |
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