Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
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Transcription
[illegible] 40 [7]Mt Kenya is Equatorial Africa Few of natures agents of d[illegible]tion have left monuments as great & it is not easy even enduring after a life time of study to realize the amount of earth sculpture done by these vast ice sheets & ice streams during the last gl. prd Gls. are streams of closely compacted & welded snow crystals. In the development & modeling of land [illegible]ing probably more than a mile of rock have been ground rubbed & cast into the sea.[A]Dear Prof SargentIt is with mortal disgust that I bother you again about the time of sailing after it has already been twice fixed, & berths engaged. Here is the whole confounded story, & which ever way you settle it I will be heartily satisfied.A week or two after agreeing to go with you I received a vague message from the President through our senators stating that he wished to make 03191 [[illegible]]
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
[ca.1903 Mar 23]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir13_0322-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0322
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 5
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
