Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Wanda Muir]
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Transcription
[Page 1] May 19th This morning I jumped up in bed, dreaming that I heard our baby crying. Oonalaska Harbor, Tuesday, May 17th. 1881. 2 P.M. Dear Louie. The gale having abated early this morning, we left our anchorage on the south side of the island and steamed round into the Strait to try it again after our last evening's defeat, and this time we were successful, after a hard contest with the tide which flows here at a speed of 10 miles an hour. The clouds lifted and the sun shone out early this morning, revealing a host of mountains nobly sculptured and grouped and robed in spotless white. Turn which way you would, the mountains were seen towering into the dark sky, some of them with streamers of mealy snow wavering
Location
Oonalaska [Ounalaska, Unalaska]Harbor [Alaska]
Date Original
1881 May 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24 cm.
Resource Identifier
1881 May 17 JM to Louie
File Identifier
MSS 301 Shone
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1881 May 17 JM to Louie p1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
