Letter from John Burroughs to John Muir, 1899 Sep 24.
Slabsides, [West Park, N.Y.],Sept. 24, '99.Dear John Muir,Many thanks for your letter and for Mrs. Colver's enclosed. Yours was the first word I had had from any member of the H.A.E. Shortly after I had one from the Averell girl, and a few days since came one from Dr. Fisher.I found all we...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-3449 2023-10-01T03:56:07+02:00 Letter from John Burroughs to John Muir, 1899 Sep 24. Burroughs, John 1899-09-24T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2450 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3449/viewcontent/muir10_0995_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2450 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3449/viewcontent/muir10_0995_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 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-09-02T22:31:44Z Slabsides, [West Park, N.Y.],Sept. 24, '99.Dear John Muir,Many thanks for your letter and for Mrs. Colver's enclosed. Yours was the first word I had had from any member of the H.A.E. Shortly after I had one from the Averell girl, and a few days since came one from Dr. Fisher.I found all well at home and that the bottom had not fallen out of things on account of my absence. Indeed, I am beginning to suspect the sun would rise and set just the same and grapes would continue to ripen, if 1 were to vanish for good and all.We never had a finer crop of grapes, and prices were pretty good. We began shipping on the 11th of August, and the bulk of them were off by Sept. 1st -- 30 tons.I have been well except a slight sluggishness of the liver -- the reaction, I suppose, from that stimulating Alaska climate. Everybody remarked my improved looks. The trip certainly did me lots of good.I see there has been an earthquake up there recently. I fear it has given your sheep a terrible shaking up. Your old bell wether is probably in a sad plight. I should like to have stood upon St. Elias, but not upon the Muir glacier, during the event. I fear our Indian friends at Yakutat Bay suffered seriously.My thoughts go back most frequently and most fondly to. Kodiak. That place really touched my heart. I almost wish I lived there. I think I must see it again.We had a lucky trip across the continent -- no heat, no dust, and only one delay -- a day and a half in the Bad lands in Utah, from a washout. Fine weather here since my return -- much sunshine and no frost yet. The Century will print my bird poems - three of them. Fuertes has been asked to make the bird pictures. I shall try my hand at a sketch of the trip next month. I may spend part of the winter in Florida, as the guest of a N.H. Yankee farmer. I wish it were to be in California, with or near you, but that will come, I hope, before very long.Remember me to Mrs. Colver. I think her suggestion about the dog story a good one.Sincerely your friend,John Burroughs.02625 Text glacier Kodiak Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Indian Yankee ENVELOPE(-59.769,-59.769,-62.526,-62.526) Ripen ENVELOPE(17.101,17.101,68.748,68.748) Bad Lands ENVELOPE(-164.000,-164.000,-78.500,-78.500) |
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Slabsides, [West Park, N.Y.],Sept. 24, '99.Dear John Muir,Many thanks for your letter and for Mrs. Colver's enclosed. Yours was the first word I had had from any member of the H.A.E. Shortly after I had one from the Averell girl, and a few days since came one from Dr. Fisher.I found all well at home and that the bottom had not fallen out of things on account of my absence. Indeed, I am beginning to suspect the sun would rise and set just the same and grapes would continue to ripen, if 1 were to vanish for good and all.We never had a finer crop of grapes, and prices were pretty good. We began shipping on the 11th of August, and the bulk of them were off by Sept. 1st -- 30 tons.I have been well except a slight sluggishness of the liver -- the reaction, I suppose, from that stimulating Alaska climate. Everybody remarked my improved looks. The trip certainly did me lots of good.I see there has been an earthquake up there recently. I fear it has given your sheep a terrible shaking up. Your old bell wether is probably in a sad plight. I should like to have stood upon St. Elias, but not upon the Muir glacier, during the event. I fear our Indian friends at Yakutat Bay suffered seriously.My thoughts go back most frequently and most fondly to. Kodiak. That place really touched my heart. I almost wish I lived there. I think I must see it again.We had a lucky trip across the continent -- no heat, no dust, and only one delay -- a day and a half in the Bad lands in Utah, from a washout. Fine weather here since my return -- much sunshine and no frost yet. The Century will print my bird poems - three of them. Fuertes has been asked to make the bird pictures. I shall try my hand at a sketch of the trip next month. I may spend part of the winter in Florida, as the guest of a N.H. Yankee farmer. I wish it were to be in California, with or near you, but that will come, I hope, before very long.Remember me to Mrs. Colver. I think her suggestion about the dog story a good one.Sincerely your friend,John Burroughs.02625 |
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