Creator
J [ohn] M. Vanderblit
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
01073[2]and I have given you therefore a simple statement of my condition. We are now permanently located at this place where our oil works are established. We have a plain but comfortable little house and live in a quiet way – society of course is scarce, no other lady here but my wife – of white men there are seventeen; occasionally a white man or two will call in while not prospecting, once or twice a month the “Rose” calls, & once a month the “Idaho” [thus] we see new faces, being always busy we, do not feel lonesome - and as we enjoy to a great extent living here. The establishment is made up as follows: a factory building 40 x 40 with long gu[illegible] & barrel sheds attached, [illegible] house, seine & salt house, boarding house (the old shore building) bleaching house, new two story store building & two cottages, a wharf in course of erection, steamer “Favorite” as fishing boat, steam
Location
Kilisnoo, near Sitka, Alaska
Date Original
1882 Aug 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0882-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0882
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
