Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1899 Jan 7.

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Jiimaica pLAIN,Mass.,.January 7,1899.My dear Muir:I realize greatly the importance of being up and moving.If we do not do it we shall soon die of old age.Just now, however, Crataegus gives me as much mental and physical activity as I can stand. When this new fiel...

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Main Author: Sargent, Charles Sprague
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
Subjects:
Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
glacier
glaciers
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-3337 2023-10-01T03:56:07+02:00 Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1899 Jan 7. Sargent, Charles Sprague 1899-01-07T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2338 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3337/viewcontent/muir10_0615_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2338 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3337/viewcontent/muir10_0615_let.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 1899 ftunivpacificdc 2023-09-02T22:31:30Z ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Jiimaica pLAIN,Mass.,.January 7,1899.My dear Muir:I realize greatly the importance of being up and moving.If we do not do it we shall soon die of old age.Just now, however, Crataegus gives me as much mental and physical activity as I can stand. When this new field is exhausted and you have got those Birch flowers from Alaska I shall be ready to start forth again on our travels.I have been in New York this week for a day hunting up Crataegus in the Columbia College Herbarium and was fortunate enough to see the Gilders.They speak of you with enthusiasm, somewhat mitigated, however, by the regret that a man who appears so intelligent and evidently has seen so much has a constitutional objection to talking.Gilder has become a terrible glacier sharp and talked with me for a long time about glaciers which he thinks he has discovered on his Berkshire farm.I should not be surprised if he wrote a book about them before long.I cannot make out about your annual fruiting Sequoia.Wild specimens which Miss Eastwood got for me certainly show biennial behavior,if you are going to San Francisco some day, take a branch from your tree and show it to Miss Eastwood who a year or two ago was very keen on the subject.Mrs. Sargent is still shut up with the grippe but is better. A dull enough winter here with nothing but sickness and Crataegus.02524 ARNOLD ARBORETUM.I see Mr. Stratton sometimes and he always inquires about you.He is particularly anxious to know if any improvements have been made or are likely to be made in the product which has made your town so famous. If there is anything new he thinks he ought to know about it soon.Faithfully yours,C.S.[illegible]John Muir,Esq.Martinez,Cal. Text glacier glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons
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naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
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naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
Sargent, Charles Sprague
Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1899 Jan 7.
topic_facet Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
description ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,Jiimaica pLAIN,Mass.,.January 7,1899.My dear Muir:I realize greatly the importance of being up and moving.If we do not do it we shall soon die of old age.Just now, however, Crataegus gives me as much mental and physical activity as I can stand. When this new field is exhausted and you have got those Birch flowers from Alaska I shall be ready to start forth again on our travels.I have been in New York this week for a day hunting up Crataegus in the Columbia College Herbarium and was fortunate enough to see the Gilders.They speak of you with enthusiasm, somewhat mitigated, however, by the regret that a man who appears so intelligent and evidently has seen so much has a constitutional objection to talking.Gilder has become a terrible glacier sharp and talked with me for a long time about glaciers which he thinks he has discovered on his Berkshire farm.I should not be surprised if he wrote a book about them before long.I cannot make out about your annual fruiting Sequoia.Wild specimens which Miss Eastwood got for me certainly show biennial behavior,if you are going to San Francisco some day, take a branch from your tree and show it to Miss Eastwood who a year or two ago was very keen on the subject.Mrs. Sargent is still shut up with the grippe but is better. A dull enough winter here with nothing but sickness and Crataegus.02524 ARNOLD ARBORETUM.I see Mr. Stratton sometimes and he always inquires about you.He is particularly anxious to know if any improvements have been made or are likely to be made in the product which has made your town so famous. If there is anything new he thinks he ought to know about it soon.Faithfully yours,C.S.[illegible]John Muir,Esq.Martinez,Cal.
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