Creator
Harry Fielding Reid
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]central point, he has figured in his map, projecting about a quarter mile beyond the sides; so we shall have to concede considerable changes in the form of the ice front; in fact after you left us last summer, the ice of the eastern part of the front fell away so rapidly that it produced a bay about a quarter mile deep. But what is more interesting still; on comparing Prof. Wrights’ photograph with my map, I find that the ice-front has receded about01492[3][letterhead]Cleveland, O.a thousand yards in the last four years. This brings up another point: Capt. [Carroll?] made several soundings last summer. I unfortunately failed to record them; but as I remember, the first was some two or three hundred yards from the ice and showed a depth of 680 ft. The second was quite near the ice and showed 720 ft. Now as all this space was covered by the ice four years ago, this difference of level, 40 ft, could not
Location
Cleveland, O[hio]
Date Original
1891 Feb 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0087-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0087
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
