Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Joseph] Le Conte
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[1] Yosemite Sep' 13th [1870]Prof' Le Conte Dear sir, I trust that the latter part of your long vacation ramble was as full of scientific & universal joy as the week that I had the happiness of spending with you, Doubtless you are home again, & with your classes, & have answered all the uppermost outside questions of your friends relative to your journey, & I come to you now to beg a letter fa[illegible] or so if observations made after we part- ed. upon whatever you think will most interest me. I reached the highest of those volcanic cones without extraordinary difficulty, & was surprised to find its smooth sloping sides composed of volcanic sand instead of ashes, the inside of the crater was nearly full of the same material, & no marks of recent activity were apparent anywhere. The sand of its sloping sides was mostly or altogether
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
[1870] Sep 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24.5 x 39 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0335-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0335
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
