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Letter From John Muir To [Strentzel Family], 1879 Jun 25., John Muir Jun 1879

Letter From John Muir To [Strentzel Family], 1879 Jun 25., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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On board the Zephyr between Steilicoom & Olympia June 25th 1879. ————

I wish I could tell you how beautiful our sail has been ever since we entered the Straits of F[illegible] The shores are de[illegible]ly timbered with the most lovely comfers & Arbutus (Madrono) down to the waters edge & the jutting headlands & long promout[illegible] islets, islands; bays sound inlets & rivers are so varied & so marvelously composed that the whole is one extr[illegible]tly lovely fairy land. And then even from the steamer the glacial handwriting is so clear & telling & on so grand a …


Letter From G. S. Mackey To John Muir, 1879 Jun 2., G. S. Mackey Jun 1879

Letter From G. S. Mackey To John Muir, 1879 Jun 2., G. S. Mackey

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

00848San Francisco, 2 June 1879My dear Sir, In enclose the promised letter of introduction to Mr. [ Walkem?], the premier of British Columbia. I also send you herewith, a circular letter addressed to my old Canadian friends, (with whom I recently travelled from the East) who are Engineers employed to explore a new route for the Canadian Pacific RRs, & whom I observe by the New= =papers, have gone up the Country in the direction of the Peace River — They are all good fellows and I hope you may [ fall?] in with them. Should you ever visit Europe …


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.20, May 13, 1879 May 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.20, May 13, 1879

American Christian Review

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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

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.13, March 25, 1879 Mar 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.13, March 25, 1879

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.6, February 4, 1879 Feb 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.6, February 4, 1879

American Christian Review

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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

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Letter From P. C. Renfrew To [John Muir], 1879 Jan 3., P. C. Renfrew Jan 1879

Letter From P. C. Renfrew To [John Muir], 1879 Jan 3., P. C. Renfrew

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4][in margin: 3 Sisters & [gls - -?]but there is no El=Capitan and Lost creek falls are near 500 feet but broken. You are at liberty to have any data in my possession or aid in exploration should you see fit to visit this vicinity – I intend to give some time to visiting & taking elevations of ice and summits next July and would be only too happy to know you could thus or any other time pay us a visit. Respectfully P.C. Renfrew[in margin: 365] 00824 [1] McKenzie Bridge Lane Co. Oregon Jan. 3. 1879Dear Sir Having read …


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

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

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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.


Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections Dec 1878

Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

This press association report written by K. B. Grahn, the editor of the Greenup Independent, gives a overview of Bowling Green in 1879 with discussion of the courthouse, churches, College Hill, Water Works, Gas Works, Newspapers, banks, Police, Jail, Colleges, Fairview Cemetery, Fair Grounds, Lost River Mill, land values with crops, Bowling Green Manufacturing Company, Limestone Works, Bowling Green [Axe] Handle Works, Kentucky Stave and Heading Factory, Sash Factory, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Trunk Line, locks, Green and Barren River Navigation Company, Livery stables, hotels, and Barren River.


1876 Oct 29 To Friend John P 4 And 1, William Trout Oct 1876

1876 Oct 29 To Friend John P 4 And 1, William Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Occupied the stand. Apropriately too on either quarter are the spaces occupied by the four advanced nations of the world. England, France, United States and Prussia each with the best exhibits at the corner. The Prussian works of art and utility in Mexico is considerably the precious metal, and porcelain and poor in comparison with the others. I have no sympathy for Prussia. The American a New York firm exhibits a large case of beautiful artistic silverware but the Americans do not get very far away from utility. The French are squarely into art their exhibit of Bronze …


Letter From [Author Unknown] To [John Muir], 1875 Apr 17., Unidentified Apr 1875

Letter From [Author Unknown] To [John Muir], 1875 Apr 17., Unidentified

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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We often thought of you These Hills and Mountains of solid granite rock with narrow valleys [ between?] often decending into lovely lakes was the general [illegible] of the county Beautiful rocky isles and islets without sti[illegible] in the main lake and wild tumultuous hills on the shore was the ever varying [ view?] of the [ tourist?] from Steamboat deck This was the natural home of the Mosses. Such mosses litchun and club mosses as I never saw anywhere else we brought a small cabinet of the different varieties with us From there we spent a year on …


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

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American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.15, April 9, 1872 Apr 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.15, April 9, 1872

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.9, February 27, 1872 Feb 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.9, February 27, 1872

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.8, February 20, 1872 Feb 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.8, February 20, 1872

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.5, January 30, 1872 Jan 1872

American Christian Review, Vol.15, No.5, January 30, 1872

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.14, No.34, August 22, 1871 Aug 1871

American Christian Review, Vol.14, No.34, August 22, 1871

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.12, No.49, December 7, 1869 Dec 1869

American Christian Review, Vol.12, No.49, December 7, 1869

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.11, No.40, October 6, 1867 Oct 1868

American Christian Review, Vol.11, No.40, October 6, 1867

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.10, No.46, November 12, 1867 Nov 1867

American Christian Review, Vol.10, No.46, November 12, 1867

American Christian Review

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Letter From John Muir To Elizabeth N. Moores, 1867 Jun 18, John Muir Jun 1867

Letter From John Muir To Elizabeth N. Moores, 1867 Jun 18, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1] 6-18-[1867] Prairie home of Mr Neely Tuesday morning June 18th

[Dear] friends we arrived here about dusk on friday. Merrill found & made himself familiar with nearly all of his Danville relatives. There he visited the coal mines, collected fossils, & made cascades among the brotherhood of rills that sing on the green high banks of the Big Vermillion. We left Danville Thursday afternoon at one or two o'clock - ate supper at Decatur and proceeded north to the pretty town of Bloomington where we arrived about dusk - next morning we were again in motion for Ferrestown where …


American Christian Review, Vol.10, No.18, April 30, 1867 Apr 1867

American Christian Review, Vol.10, No.18, April 30, 1867

American Christian Review

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Letter From John Muir To Daniel H. Muir, 1866 Nov 19, John Muir Nov 1866

Letter From John Muir To Daniel H. Muir, 1866 Nov 19, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Nov 19th

My dear Brother Daniel This is Monday forenoon I thought I would have a talk with you today mostly as to the course I think you had better pursue if you mean to be a machinest or inventor But just as I sat down I looked out the window and couldnt think what that long [illegible] carriages m[illegible] so solemly till Joan that they [illegible] preceded by a hearse. For any sake Dan remember that you must die But a very little while and you will be buried. You are very ambitious you wish to be as …


A Narrative Of The Campaign In The Valley Of The Shenandoah, In 1861, Robert Patterson Dec 1864

A Narrative Of The Campaign In The Valley Of The Shenandoah, In 1861, Robert Patterson

Civil War Text

This book is about the 1861 Shenandoah Valley campaign. It includes a map of Shenandoah Valley in 1861 and a portrait of Robert Patterson with a reproduction of his signature. At the end of the book there is a newspaper clipping (with a handwritten date Jan 2, 1904) of a review of a book entitled: The Shenandoah Valley and Virginia (1861-65) a war study by Sanford C. Kellogg.


Harper's Weekly Jan 1864

Harper's Weekly

Civil War Text

Saturday, January 16, 1864 issue of the Harper's Weekly. Featuring "Averill’s Raid" in the American Civil War. With many lithographs. Cover: Averill's Raid. Centerfold lithograph: "An Advance of the Army of the Potomac - Sketched by Alfred R. Waud. Other lithographic illustrations include: Major-General Andrew A. Humphreys; General William W. Averill; the "suck" in the Tennessee River; the wreck of the "Aquila" at San Francisco; the ironclad screw frigate "Re d'Italia;" rebel screw steamer Rappahannock; The late most reverend John Hughes, D.C., Archbishop of New York – Photographed by Brady; The rebel screw steamer "Rappahannock" lying at Calais, France; Daboll's …


Harper's Weekly Jan 1864

Harper's Weekly

Civil War Text

Saturday, May 21, 1864 issue of the Harper's Weekly. Featuring General Sherman's Advance in the American Civil War. With many lithographs. Cover lithograph: General Sherman's Advance- Buzzard's Roost Pass, Georgia. Centerfold lithograph: Grand musical festival in Philadelphia in aid of the Sanitary Commission; Departure of the Union Fleet from Newport News, Virginia, on May 4, 1864- From a sketch by a naval officer; Arrival of General Butler's advance at City Point, Virginia, on May 5, 1864- From a sketch by a naval office. Other lithographic illustrations include: The late General Wadsworth; Destruction of the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad; Destruction …


Inauguration Of The College For The Deaf & Dumb, At Washington, District Of Columbia, June 28th, 1864, Amos Kendall, Laurent Clerc, James W. Patterson, Edward Miner Gallaudet Dec 1863

Inauguration Of The College For The Deaf & Dumb, At Washington, District Of Columbia, June 28th, 1864, Amos Kendall, Laurent Clerc, James W. Patterson, Edward Miner Gallaudet

Deaf Rare Books

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Campaigns Of 1862 And 1863, Illustrating The Principles Of Strategy Dec 1862

Campaigns Of 1862 And 1863, Illustrating The Principles Of Strategy

Civil War Text

This book reviews the military operations of the campaigns of 1862 and 1863. It contains diagrams and four map plates that fold out and depict the following: Plate I, the geographic zones (left zone, center zone, right zone) of the Southern Confederacy; Plate II, the position of the Union troops and Rebels within the geography of the Southern Confederacy; Plate III, the Union troops in the offensive, Rebels in the defensive, Union troops after the Rebels have taken the offensive, and the Rebels in the offensive within the geography of the Southern Confederacy in the campaign of 1862; Plate IV, …