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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.19, May 10, 1881 May 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.19, May 10, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From A[Nnie] K[Ennedy] Bidwell To John Muir, 1881 Apr 8., Annie Kennedy Bidwell Apr 1881

Letter From A[Nnie] K[Ennedy] Bidwell To John Muir, 1881 Apr 8., Annie Kennedy Bidwell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Rancho Chico,

April 8th, 1881.

Dear Mr. Muir:

Your recent communication would have received an immediate acknowledgment, had I not been too much occupied With friends from San Francisco to write.
We do most heartily sympathize with you in your present joy, and trust that no cloud shall arise to cost a shadow on it. Some day we hope to have the pleasure of an acquaintance with your little one and her mother; and trust, when you can do so, that you will bring them to Rancho Chico.
After all, have you not found there is some happiness in this …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.5, February 1, 1881 Jan 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.5, February 1, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Afghanistan: A Short Account Of Afghanistan, Its History, And Our Dealings With It, Philip Francis Walker Jan 1881

Afghanistan: A Short Account Of Afghanistan, Its History, And Our Dealings With It, Philip Francis Walker

Books in English

19th century history of Afghanistan and its foreign relations with Great Britain.


With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun Jan 1881

With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun

Books in English

Description of the Kurram Valley--Preparations for the Campaign--Advance of the force from the Peiwar Kotal--The action of the Peiwar Kotal, and events to 1st January 1879--Expedition to the Khost Valley, and events in January 1879--Preparations for the advance to Cabul


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.44, November 2, 1880 Nov 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.44, November 2, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.40, October 5, 1880 Oct 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.40, October 5, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.39, September 28, 1880 Sep 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.39, September 28, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.43, October 21, 1879 Oct 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.43, October 21, 1879

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.40, September 30, 1879 Sep 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.40, September 30, 1879

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.15, April 8, 1879 Apr 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.15, April 8, 1879

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.3, January 14, 1879 Jan 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.3, January 14, 1879

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Journal Of The Campaign At New York, 1776-7, Benjamin Trumbull Jan 1879

Journal Of The Campaign At New York, 1776-7, Benjamin Trumbull

Primary Sources

This journal covers the New York campaign in 1776 and 1777.


Moses Fargos -- Orderly Book, Moses Fargos Jan 1879

Moses Fargos -- Orderly Book, Moses Fargos

Primary Sources

This is the orderly book of Moses Fargos for the use of William Coit's company which is the 4th Company and 6th Regiment under Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons. It covers the period of April 23, 1775 to August 7, 1775 and includes General George Washington's commission to William Coit.


A Concise Journal Or Minutes Of The Principal Movements Towards St. John's Of The Siege And Surrender Of The Forts There In 1775, Benjamin Trumbull Jan 1879

A Concise Journal Or Minutes Of The Principal Movements Towards St. John's Of The Siege And Surrender Of The Forts There In 1775, Benjamin Trumbull

Primary Sources

Covers the period July 26 to November 3, 1775.


Survey Operations Of The Afghanistan Expedition: The Kurram Valley, Gerald Martin, Captain Jan 1879

Survey Operations Of The Afghanistan Expedition: The Kurram Valley, Gerald Martin, Captain

Books in English

A narrative report of the proceedings of the survey party attached to the Kurram Valley field force. Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography; No. 10 (October 1879), p. 617-645


Sketch Of The Life Of Robert Raikes, Esq. : And Of The History Of Sunday Schools, W F (William Freeman) Lloyd Dec 1878

Sketch Of The Life Of Robert Raikes, Esq. : And Of The History Of Sunday Schools, W F (William Freeman) Lloyd

ATS Digital Resources

No abstract provided.


The Kabul Insurrection Of 1841-42, Vincent Eyre Dec 1878

The Kabul Insurrection Of 1841-42, Vincent Eyre

Books in English

Written by Major-General Sir Vincent Eyre, edited by Colonel G. B. Malleson.

Revised and corrected from Lieutenant Eyre's original manuscript. Previously published under title : The military operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842.


American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.48, November 26, 1878 Nov 1878

American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.48, November 26, 1878

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.35, August 27, 1878 Aug 1878

American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.35, August 27, 1878

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Annie K[Ennedy] Bidwell To John Muir, 1878 Jan 21., Annie Kennedy Bidwell Jan 1878

Letter From Annie K[Ennedy] Bidwell To John Muir, 1878 Jan 21., Annie Kennedy Bidwell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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attach your autograph. Did you know I accompanied my sister as far as Battle Mountain on her journey home. Well I did, and we stopped at Lake Tahoe, and sailed over these wonderful wa- ters from nine A.M. until four P.M. ever amazed at the varied beauties thereof. Beautiful gems seemed to sparkle in the sunlight as the spray was strown up by the boat. Even saphires of exquisite brilliancy, and emeralds, & innumerable gems. I sit now and closing my eyes see it all, and look down into the wondrous beauty of the water; silver, pearl, blue, green, …


Snow Storm On Mount Shasta., John Muir Aug 1877

Snow Storm On Mount Shasta., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

SNOW-STORM ON MOUNT SHASTA. 521 SNOW-STORM ON MOUNT SHASTA. MOUNT SHASTA, situated near the northern extremity of the Sierra Nevada, rises in solitary grandeur from a lightly sculptured lava plain, and maintains a far more impressive and commanding individuality than any other mountain within the limits of California. Go where yon will within a radius of from fifty to a hundred miles, there stands the colossal cone of X Ja U-C *- and age. A few tufaceous and brecciated beds are visible in eroded sections near the summit, but pumice and obsidian, usually so abundant in other volcanic regions throughout …


God's First Temples. How Shall We Preserve Our Forests? The Question Considered By John Muir, The California Geologist-The Views Of A Practical Man And A Scientific Observer-A Profoundly Interesting Article. (Communicated To The Record-Union.), John Muir Feb 1876

God's First Temples. How Shall We Preserve Our Forests? The Question Considered By John Muir, The California Geologist-The Views Of A Practical Man And A Scientific Observer-A Profoundly Interesting Article. (Communicated To The Record-Union.), John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

"GOD'3 FIRST TUPLES" DOH' SQALt WK PRKIKIIVK OCP. FORESTS? i The Question Considered hy John Hulr, the rail- lornia (ieeloxist—The Views of a Practical M.io and a cleutlflc Observer—A Profoundly ; Interesting Article. Eds. Record-Union: Tbe forests of coniler- I Tho Main Forest lielt distinct fossil soecies have been discovere tbe tertiary ana cretaceous rocks of IJreeal I would like to call attention to this noble i v a few backed and scarred remnants. a zreat enemies of forests are Are aod tbe ax. a destructive effects of tbese, as compated h those caused by the operations of nature, j …


Letter From Abba G. Woolson To John Muir, 1873 Mar 23., Abba G. Woolson Mar 1873

Letter From Abba G. Woolson To John Muir, 1873 Mar 23., Abba G. Woolson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)



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Well, you will not be left to their companionship long. A few weeks will bring to your haunts the usual number of [illegible] resolved upon "doing" the Valley; and before their stupid your Nevada will fling down her laces, and in their stupid [eat?] Yo Semite will [illegible] her [illegible], and the Vernal will print her wavering luminous rainbows at their feet. But, though they shall tread in the chamber of the gods, the gods shall keep the full glories of their [inner?] c[illegible] sacred from their gaze. Let us know what further book we can send you; and …


On The Glaciers Of The Yosemite Valley., John Muir Dec 1872

On The Glaciers Of The Yosemite Valley., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Kneeland.; 36 On the Glacieks of the Yosemite Valley. Samuel Kneeland. [February 21, By De. There have lately come into my possession some interesting, and I think, conclusive observations as to tlie former great extent of the glacier system of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the neighborliood of the Yosemite Valley. They seem to throw light upon the causes Avhich formed the valley, or rather, by way of exclusion, upon the forces which, did not form it. Before calling your attention to these observations, which have recently been made by Mr. John Muir, a gentleman who has made the region …


American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.49, December 3, 1872 Dec 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.49, December 3, 1872

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.47, November 19, 1872 Nov 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.47, November 19, 1872

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.46, November 12, 1872 Nov 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.46, November 12, 1872

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.45, November 5, 1872 Nov 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.45, November 5, 1872

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.30, July 23, 1872 Jul 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.30, July 23, 1872

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.