Letter from Rufus B. Kellogg to [John Muir], 1873 May 24.

[2] Yosemite Valley May 30th 1873Dear Sister Sarah Here are a few seeds sent me wh I think you may try in your garden You are fond of relics & oddities, therefore I send these to youI mean to start tomorrow for the summits, will perhaps climb Mt Dana It is yet deeply snow clad but I will hurry b...

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Main Author: Kellogg, Rufus B
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1873
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Lyell Glacier
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spelling ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-37722 2023-06-11T04:13:54+02:00 Letter from Rufus B. Kellogg to [John Muir], 1873 May 24. Kellogg, Rufus B 1873-05-24T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/12788 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/37722/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/12788 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/37722/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg 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 John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1873 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:52:40Z [2] Yosemite Valley May 30th 1873Dear Sister Sarah Here are a few seeds sent me wh I think you may try in your garden You are fond of relics & oddities, therefore I send these to youI mean to start tomorrow for the summits, will perhaps climb Mt Dana It is yet deeply snow clad but I will hurry back here in a few days to the flowers & sunshine Farewell John M ———— Love to the children[Penstemon Menzesii?], fro Anna from a plant I brought down from the mtn side yesterday wh had about 300 flrs. It is now in my window half filling it with royal purple.[in margin: Your last with Cecilias photograph & the Scotland paper are received The picture is very pretty, I took it to be Annies. The photo of myself that I sent to David was intended for you, Im sorry to hear of poor Jamie Reid] [3][in margin: Here is a wee spray of the graceful spruce, Abies [drawing] Hookeriana wh grows at elevations of from 9 to 11,000 ft.] June 7th Home again after a hard 6 days walk to the top of Mt Lyell 13200 ft high. My face is badly scorched with sunshine reflected from the glacier arrived last night camped the previous night in snow five feet deep & came down among the birds & flowers & green groves of the valley in a few hours The ice of the Lyell glacier is about 700 feet thick as near as I can guess & at present is covered with snow 15 feet deep https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/37722/thumbnail.jpg Text Lyell Glacier University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Lyell Glacier ENVELOPE(-36.617,-36.617,-54.299,-54.299)
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Kellogg, Rufus B
Letter from Rufus B. Kellogg to [John Muir], 1873 May 24.
topic_facet John Muir
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California
correspondent
mail
message
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exchange of letters
missive
notes
epistle
description [2] Yosemite Valley May 30th 1873Dear Sister Sarah Here are a few seeds sent me wh I think you may try in your garden You are fond of relics & oddities, therefore I send these to youI mean to start tomorrow for the summits, will perhaps climb Mt Dana It is yet deeply snow clad but I will hurry back here in a few days to the flowers & sunshine Farewell John M ———— Love to the children[Penstemon Menzesii?], fro Anna from a plant I brought down from the mtn side yesterday wh had about 300 flrs. It is now in my window half filling it with royal purple.[in margin: Your last with Cecilias photograph & the Scotland paper are received The picture is very pretty, I took it to be Annies. The photo of myself that I sent to David was intended for you, Im sorry to hear of poor Jamie Reid] [3][in margin: Here is a wee spray of the graceful spruce, Abies [drawing] Hookeriana wh grows at elevations of from 9 to 11,000 ft.] June 7th Home again after a hard 6 days walk to the top of Mt Lyell 13200 ft high. My face is badly scorched with sunshine reflected from the glacier arrived last night camped the previous night in snow five feet deep & came down among the birds & flowers & green groves of the valley in a few hours The ice of the Lyell glacier is about 700 feet thick as near as I can guess & at present is covered with snow 15 feet deep https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/37722/thumbnail.jpg
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