Creator
W. H. Pulsifer
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
of Prof. Whitney and other ge- ologists I was troubled to find that a personal examination faced me to reject them en- tirely — I can easily see the great difficulties of the glacial theory but I am not enough ac- quainted with the country to the S.W. to be able to say that it is entirely inadmissible as many geologist insist — The whole of the Sierra Nevada appear’d to me to present such striking evidence of tremendous glacial action in [illegible] [illegible] and won- derfully water [ ran?] beds of old glacial[illegible], seen in the now deserted mining flats, that I shall require more evidence than I have yet met with to ind[illegible]to lay aside impression found upon a (perhaps cu[illegible]/ ex- amination of the country. If you have primarily pub- lished anything upon the subject I shall be under great ob- ligation if you will inform me where I can find it. Pardon me [illegible] you and [ believe in?] , my dear Sir. [ Truly sincerely?], W.H. Pulsifer
Location
…St. Louis
Date Original
1875 Nov 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0353-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0353
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
