Creator
Mark B. Kerr
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
San Francisco, November 16. 1891
My dear Prof Muir,
Your letter of 12th reached me to=day.- I feel sure that I can organize the Expedition and arrange everything so as to be satisfactory to you for as the Scientist of the Expedition you will be entirely independent of my movements as Astronomer & Executive Officer As soon as matters are in a more definite shape I will confer with you and we can together formulate [a plan?] of action which I think will be successful.- Russell made the same mistake the year just past, as we did the year previous.- and profiting by his experience, we can establish a camp on East face of Elias, at our old camp “Dome pass”.- . Then you and I can make the rush for the back=
bone, leaving 6 men to bring up rest of supplies & 2 men to provide us with means for holding the fort until we can get settled weather long enough to succeed in reaching the summit.- Then, if we have good luck, we can return to base camp & we can take a sledge journey up the Seward Glacier, discover its sources, cross over & via Coffer River, have a try at Wrangell I have an idea of forming 2 parties and have a boat party sent up Coffer River, meeting us at head of [Chittgna?] or perhaps further up the Coffer and give us a source of supply. But time enough to arrange the details when I have everything in hand, but I feel we will succeed, and now must wait & see what the Topographical Co[illegible] will do, and arrange about the additional money required by private subscription.-
Very truly
Mark B. Kerr.
01539
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1891 Nov 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Kerr, Mark B., "Letter from Mark B. Kerr to John Muir, 1891 Nov 16." (1891). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 124.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/124
Resource Identifier
muir07_0357-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0357
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
