Creator
J [ohn] M. Vanderblit
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
01073[3]launch “Louise” (whaling steamer) scows, fishing and whaling boats. The season commenced this month, we have taken five whales (humpback) in the past twenty days, but in herring fishing we have done little as yet as the fish have hardly commenced to school, the season will probably last till Xmas. I went on both whaling trips when the above whales were caught and the hunt was a grand & exciting one. For the past month I have been prospecting for fish up & down the channels from Chilcoot to Prince Frederick Sound & found many new coves & interesting facts. I would enjoy your company here very much indeed & I feel that you would be interested in what there is to be seen hereabout. The town of Harrisburg is now named Juneau and is quite a flourishing town with a wharf, many good frame buildings (for such a wild place) & three small quartz mills, San Francisco capitalists are gradually buying
Location
Kilisnoo, near Sitka, Alaska
Date Original
1882 Aug 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0884-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0884
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
