Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1899 Aug 31.

Martinez, Cal. Aug. 31, 1899.My dear SellersI was very glad to hear from you. I was thinking about you when your letter came. I hope that confounded devouring business will not be the death of you all before you are free from it. No wonder you are not feeling well I dont think I could stand it a wee...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
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Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
Glacier Bay
Fairweather
glacier
glaciers
Kamchatka
Kodiak
Yakutat
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-3437 2023-10-01T03:56:07+02:00 Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1899 Aug 31. Muir, John 1899-08-31T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2438 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3437/viewcontent/muir10_0955_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2438 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3437/viewcontent/muir10_0955_let.pdf The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 (PDFs) Environmentalist naturalist travel conservation national parks John Muir history correspondence letters text 1899 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-09-02T22:31:44Z Martinez, Cal. Aug. 31, 1899.My dear SellersI was very glad to hear from you. I was thinking about you when your letter came. I hope that confounded devouring business will not be the death of you all before you are free from it. No wonder you are not feeling well I dont think I could stand it a week. Your month at the lake club will do some good but you should some to the Sierra. I got back nearly a month ago but have made a short trip to the California Sequoias. The weather all through the voyage was fine & the views we had of the Fairweather Mountains, The St Elias Alps & their glaciers, & The glaciers & mountain scenery in general of Prince WIlliams Sound were perfectly glorious. We had grand & exceedingly interesting views of icy flowers smoking volcanoes in Cook Inlet & along the Alaska Peninsula & wherever we landed we found ourselves wading in flowers. Especially flowering are the shores of the Peninsula & Kodiak & Unalaska. One of the most beautiful of the flowers & most effective in making rich purple masses is the Kamchatka dwarf rhododendron the stems are pistillate but the flowers are large (an inch long one & a half inches wide & covers acres & miles in royal purple. I wish I could tell you about these wild gardens writing seem so silly & [unimportant?]. In Prince WIlliams Sound we saw 11 glaciers of the first class discharging bergs In Yakutat & disenchantment 13 [illegible] 3 & in Glacier Bay 9. I think there are more in Prince Williams Sound. I want to go back & explore its many far reaching fiords & you should go too [illegible] what scenery is there & around St Elias I [illegible] the heart to try to pen sketch it. Come on out & let me tell you face to face, I do believe I would talk Mrs Sellers thin. I saw Keith a week ago. He said he had a pleasant vist & is in cheery state of mind. Remember me to Frank. Do come this winter.Ever YoursJohn Muir Text glacier glaciers Kamchatka Kodiak Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Glacier Bay Fairweather ENVELOPE(-61.083,-61.083,-65.017,-65.017)
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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
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Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1899 Aug 31.
topic_facet Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
description Martinez, Cal. Aug. 31, 1899.My dear SellersI was very glad to hear from you. I was thinking about you when your letter came. I hope that confounded devouring business will not be the death of you all before you are free from it. No wonder you are not feeling well I dont think I could stand it a week. Your month at the lake club will do some good but you should some to the Sierra. I got back nearly a month ago but have made a short trip to the California Sequoias. The weather all through the voyage was fine & the views we had of the Fairweather Mountains, The St Elias Alps & their glaciers, & The glaciers & mountain scenery in general of Prince WIlliams Sound were perfectly glorious. We had grand & exceedingly interesting views of icy flowers smoking volcanoes in Cook Inlet & along the Alaska Peninsula & wherever we landed we found ourselves wading in flowers. Especially flowering are the shores of the Peninsula & Kodiak & Unalaska. One of the most beautiful of the flowers & most effective in making rich purple masses is the Kamchatka dwarf rhododendron the stems are pistillate but the flowers are large (an inch long one & a half inches wide & covers acres & miles in royal purple. I wish I could tell you about these wild gardens writing seem so silly & [unimportant?]. In Prince WIlliams Sound we saw 11 glaciers of the first class discharging bergs In Yakutat & disenchantment 13 [illegible] 3 & in Glacier Bay 9. I think there are more in Prince Williams Sound. I want to go back & explore its many far reaching fiords & you should go too [illegible] what scenery is there & around St Elias I [illegible] the heart to try to pen sketch it. Come on out & let me tell you face to face, I do believe I would talk Mrs Sellers thin. I saw Keith a week ago. He said he had a pleasant vist & is in cheery state of mind. Remember me to Frank. Do come this winter.Ever YoursJohn Muir
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op_rights 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
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