Creator
Alice Eastwood
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[letterhead][1]0291Dec. 21, 1896.My dear Mr. Muir:I write to thank you for the trouble that you have taken concerning the Sequoia. I am familiar with S. sempervirens in all its phases and do not doubt that it takes but one year to ripen its cones. It was S. gigantea which I was uncertain about. I saw green cones, apparently young ones, on the trees at Palo Alto at Christmas time last year. I know that they collect seeds at Sequiois Mills in the late summer. Putting these two facts together, it seemed to me that
Location
San Francisco , Cal
Date Original
1896-12-21T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0552-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0552
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
