Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann G. Muir], 1881 May 19.

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: Environmentalist; naturalist; travel; conservation; national parks; John Muir; history; correspondence; letters; Arctic; Pacific; Seal Islands; Shoalwater Bay; St Michael; The Schooner; Barrow; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/643; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/1642/viewcontent/muir04_0559_md_1.pdf

[Original letter in possession of Mrs. Mary Muir Hand].On board the steamer "Thomas Corwin,"At Oonalaska harbor,Alaska,May 19th, 1881.Dear Mother;I wrote you from San Francisco that I had suddenly made up my mind to avail myself of the opportunity offered to visit the Arctic region on the...