Creator
S. Hall Young
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
note [E?][in margin: Letter about the Alaska Indian from S H Young]00973[5]5.the diseased portion of lungs & cleaning the part ……………… $90.00 Paid woman for helping ………… 17.00 “ for 1 cord wood for us of watchers ………………………… 10.00 “ 37 cts worth of oil …………….. 3.00 “ 2 candles presented …………… 1.00 “ watchers at 3.00 per night per man 27.00 other “ presents of little value presented by disconsolate friends to show their affection to the diseased. with certainty of being [remembered?] ten fold ………………………….. 80.00 Value of feasts given immediately after the decease …………………. 150.00 All this & more was given away “[illegible]” from [natives?] of pride by Shustak’s brothers. And then they begged me to give them a coffin & other goods because “they were too poor to buy one”. [illegible] had nothing to do with this part of the
Location
Fort Wrangel, Alaska
Date Original
1881 Jan 26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0430-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0430
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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
