Creator

S. Hall Young

Creator

S. Hall Young

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Fort Wrangel, Alaska. March 7, 1880.

Dear Friend Muir;

Another fine specimen of glacial mud is on exhibition at our house. We call [this our Margaret?] Alaska which is being interpreted you know the Alaska Pearl a fitting [name?] for this bivalious coast. Feb. 27 is the dat. Yours of Dec. 17 has just arrived which is the latest word received from you. A glacial letter later.

Yours [S. Hall Young.?]

Location

Fort Wrangel, Alaska

Date Original

1881 Mar 7

Source

Original letter dimensions: 7.5 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0453-md-1.pdf

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0452

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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