Creator
J[ohn] M. Vanderbilt
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead] Sitka Alaska, December 12/81.
My dear Mr. Muir
We were delighted to hear of your safe return home on the “Corwin” and cordially wish you and your dear wife joy. The “Rush” called in here on her way down & I learned of your safety & departure for San Francisco from the officers on board. We have read your letters in the “Bulletin” with great interest in which we were joined by others of your friends here, among them good Doctor [Du Laney?] who very lately died at his home in Virginia where he had just arrived after a long & weary trip from Sitka – we miss him very much. Col Ball & family are also at their old home in Alexandria Virginia. Ball’s [successor?] Major Morris is now here with Mrs. Morris.
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We are leading a very quiet life this winter reading & studying. At present I am engaged in writing a vocabulary of the [illegible] language which when finished will have [pointed?] for general use – I am assisted in it by MR McLean the signal [illegible] observer stationed here. This steamer brought to Sitka the Messrs. Krouse two German scientist who intend to remain in this section till next fall – this winter they will remain at our Chilcoot post & may make a trip to [illegible] in the spring, -going overland. They said that they would have liked very much to have met you in San Francisco We want to see you very much indeed & hope that you will find it attractive this way next season.
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I sincerely hope that you may be able to write by next mail as we are anxious to hear of your good health & that of your wife & dear little one. We are enjoying prefect health, Annie is growing fast and a great companion to us. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.
Sincerely Yours J M Vanderbilt
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Location
Sitka, Alaska
Date Original
1881 Dec 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Vanderbilt, John M., "Letter from J[ohn] M. Vanderbilt to John Muir, 1881 Dec 12." (1881). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 685.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/685
Resource Identifier
muir04_0743-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0742
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
