Letter from [John Muir] to [Frank Weir], 1901 Jan 31.
[First draft of letter, in note-book #69] (80)[Harry Fielding Reid]My dear Mr, Reid: [Jan, 1901]The funny fake about the destruction of the Alaska glaciers by the earthquake of Sep. 1900? was believed and swallowed by most everybody, and I have been commiserated and consoled with at a great rate eve...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-40337 2023-06-11T04:11:51+02:00 Letter from [John Muir] to [Frank Weir], 1901 Jan 31. John Muir 1901-01-31T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/15402 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/40337/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/15402 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/40337/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1901 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:54:41Z [First draft of letter, in note-book #69] (80)[Harry Fielding Reid]My dear Mr, Reid: [Jan, 1901]The funny fake about the destruction of the Alaska glaciers by the earthquake of Sep. 1900? was believed and swallowed by most everybody, and I have been commiserated and consoled with at a great rate ever since on the loss of the poor fragile Muir Glacier. I have been busy telling the mourners to dry their tears for as far as earthquakes are concerned glaciers are less destructible than the mountains. Excepting the premature discharge of bergs I can conceive of no other effects likely to be caused by a shake, but I have no authentic information. I can easily believe that a big mass has fallen from the front of the Windam Glacier, for on the very day of my first visit to the Taku glaciers a large mass fell from the undermined part of the snow over the main draining stream damming it.[John Muir][See Travels in Alaska, p. 240]02890 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/40337/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Taku ENVELOPE(-133.854,-133.854,59.633,59.633) Weir ENVELOPE(177.167,177.167,-84.983,-84.983) |
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[First draft of letter, in note-book #69] (80)[Harry Fielding Reid]My dear Mr, Reid: [Jan, 1901]The funny fake about the destruction of the Alaska glaciers by the earthquake of Sep. 1900? was believed and swallowed by most everybody, and I have been commiserated and consoled with at a great rate ever since on the loss of the poor fragile Muir Glacier. I have been busy telling the mourners to dry their tears for as far as earthquakes are concerned glaciers are less destructible than the mountains. Excepting the premature discharge of bergs I can conceive of no other effects likely to be caused by a shake, but I have no authentic information. I can easily believe that a big mass has fallen from the front of the Windam Glacier, for on the very day of my first visit to the Taku glaciers a large mass fell from the undermined part of the snow over the main draining stream damming it.[John Muir][See Travels in Alaska, p. 240]02890 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/40337/thumbnail.jpg |
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