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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1880
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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 |
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