Letter from George M. Dawson to John Muir, 1888 Jan 19.
Geological and Natural History Survey, Alfred R.C. Selwyn, Director, Museum and Office, Sussex St., Ottawa.19 January, 1888.Dear Sir:Last summer, in the course of my work, I had occasion to make a partial examination of the Stickeen or Stikine River, in northern B.C. while Mr. McCowell of my staff m...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-2738 2023-10-01T03:59:41+02:00 Letter from George M. Dawson to John Muir, 1888 Jan 19. Dawson, George M. 1888-01-19T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1739 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/2738/viewcontent/muir05_0927_md_1.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1739 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/2738/viewcontent/muir05_0927_md_1.pdf Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. John Muir Correspondence (PDFs) Environmentalist naturalist travel conservation national parks John Muir history correspondence letters text 1888 ftunivpacificdc 2023-09-02T22:30:46Z Geological and Natural History Survey, Alfred R.C. Selwyn, Director, Museum and Office, Sussex St., Ottawa.19 January, 1888.Dear Sir:Last summer, in the course of my work, I had occasion to make a partial examination of the Stickeen or Stikine River, in northern B.C. while Mr. McCowell of my staff made a survey of the river, to Telegraph Creek. As I am now reporting on the work, and understand that you have published various observations made on the Stikine, I take the liberty of writing to ask whether you will be so good as to give me references to such publications. So little has been done on the river heretofore that it is desirable to chronicle all previous work.Yours truly,George M. DawsonJohn Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Cal.[Following rough draft of a letter, written in Muir's hand, found on back of above letter]Dear Sir:In the year 1879 I spent a few weeks on the Stickeen River, but most of my notes are still unpublished. I explored in a very imperfect way some of the larger glaciers flowing into the main canyon. Only a few letters published in the San Francisco Bulletin, written in a popular style and not likely to prove of much interest to you in the work you are engaged upon. I have seen nothing of the upper main affluents of the river save what came in my way in [my] journey to the Cassiar(?) gold mines on the upper Mackenzie. Text Stikine River University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Cassiar ENVELOPE(-129.849,-129.849,59.288,59.288) Selwyn ENVELOPE(-138.287,-138.287,62.799,62.799) Stikine ENVELOPE(-131.803,-131.803,56.699,56.699) Stikine River ENVELOPE(-131.839,-131.839,56.654,56.654) |
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Geological and Natural History Survey, Alfred R.C. Selwyn, Director, Museum and Office, Sussex St., Ottawa.19 January, 1888.Dear Sir:Last summer, in the course of my work, I had occasion to make a partial examination of the Stickeen or Stikine River, in northern B.C. while Mr. McCowell of my staff made a survey of the river, to Telegraph Creek. As I am now reporting on the work, and understand that you have published various observations made on the Stikine, I take the liberty of writing to ask whether you will be so good as to give me references to such publications. So little has been done on the river heretofore that it is desirable to chronicle all previous work.Yours truly,George M. DawsonJohn Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Cal.[Following rough draft of a letter, written in Muir's hand, found on back of above letter]Dear Sir:In the year 1879 I spent a few weeks on the Stickeen River, but most of my notes are still unpublished. I explored in a very imperfect way some of the larger glaciers flowing into the main canyon. Only a few letters published in the San Francisco Bulletin, written in a popular style and not likely to prove of much interest to you in the work you are engaged upon. I have seen nothing of the upper main affluents of the river save what came in my way in [my] journey to the Cassiar(?) gold mines on the upper Mackenzie. |
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