Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie, [Wanda & Helen]
Transcription
To Mrs. Muir
Off Prince William-Sound,
June 24, 1899
Dear Louie and darlings:
We are just approaching Prince William Sound - the place above all others I have long wished to see. The snow and ice-laden mountains loom grandly in crowded ranks above the dark, heaving sea, and I can already trace the courses of some of the largest of the glaciers. It is two P.M., and in 3or 4 hours we shall be at Orca, near the mouth of the bay, where I will mail this note.
We had a glorious view of the mountains and glaciers in sailing up the coast along the Fairweather Range from Sitka to Yakutat Bay. In Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays we spent 4 days, and I saw their 3 great glaciers discharging bergs and hundreds of others to best advantage. Also the loveliest flower gardens. Here are a few of the most beautiful of the rubuses. This charming plant covers acres like a carpet. One of the islands we landed on, in front of the largest thundering glacier, was so flower-covered that I could smell the fragrance from the boat among the bergs half a mile away.
I'm getting strong fast, and can walk and climb about as well as ever, and eat everything with prodigious appetite.
I hope to have a good view of the grand glaciers here, though some of the party are eager to push on to Cook Inlet. I think I'll have a chance to mail another letter are we leave the Sound.
Love to all,
J.M.
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02597
Location
Off Prince Williams Sound [Alaska]
Date Original
1899 Jun 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie, [Wanda & Helen], 1899 Jun 24." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2415.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2415
Resource Identifier
muir10_0851-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0851
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
3 pages
