Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
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Transcription
calling at St Laurence Island again on the way. We will leave here tomorrow or next day, & arrive along the American Coast around by Point Barrow & then, when the ice is likely to be most open, push off as far into the Arctic Ocean towards Wrangel Land. We may find traces of the Jeanette on Wrangel Land in case we should be able to reach it through the ice & if so we will be back to San Francisco in October or November, But if not we will come again to St Michael, take nine months provisions on board & go again to the northward prepared to winter somewhere on the north coast of Asia & make search journeys with dogs & sleds over the frozen ocean. I am afraid I may not hear a single word from you dear mother, nor from any of the family until the cruise is done, or until the arrival [in margin: of next years whaling fleet in June of 1882. Love to all John Muir]
Location
St. Michaels, Alaska
Date Original
1881 Jul 4
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0646-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0646
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
