Creator
Robert Ridgway
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Brookland, D.C.
August 23, 1899.
Dear Mr. Muir:
Since my return home I have been so busy with various urgent matters that I have not yet had time to print and mount all of the tree views (Wabash Valley) which I am going to send you, and, owing to repairs in the building where my office is located I have not been able to get at the pamphlets on trees that I mention to you.
I shall not forget them, however, & will get them all off to you soon as prac-
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ticable.
Your paper on Sequoia gigantea was received yesterday. I thank you very much for it, and shall read it with great pleasure, and, I am sure, profit also.
For the last week I have been wishing one of your glaciers was located somewhere in this vicinity! It has been hot as [illegible] (90° to 96° in shade) with [illegible] saturated with humidity. This is the first really wet summer in about 11 years, and has rained at least twice a week all summer - heavy rains, too; more than
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6 inches of rain in July and 4 inches for first half of August.
Hoping you are well, I am, with best regards
Sincerely yours
Robert Ridgway
Mr. John Muir
Martinez
California
Please remember me to Mr. Keeler should you see him. - R.R.
Location
Brookland, D. C.
Date Original
1899 Aug 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Ridgway, Robert, "Letter from Robert Ridgway to John Muir, 1899 Aug 23." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2431.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2431
Resource Identifier
muir10_0915-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0915
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
