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Letter From Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir] To John Muir, 1881 Nov 14., Ann Gilrye Muir Nov 1881

Letter From Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir] To John Muir, 1881 Nov 14., Ann Gilrye Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: 524?]

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Wisconsin Box 356 Portage Nov 14th 1881.

Dear John

I very gladly received your two letters written on your arrival in Cal= I am glad you found your wife and baby well and that you are feeling well and happy after your long and stormy voyage on the far northern ocean The newspaper clippings you wrote about in your last letter has not come to hand , but I hope they will some time as I am greatly interested in all your travels — I have sent some of the newspapers that Louie sent me to …


Letter From Asa Gray To John Muir, 1881 Nov 9., Asa Gray Nov 1881

Letter From Asa Gray To John Muir, 1881 Nov 9., Asa Gray

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead] Cambridge, Mass. [Nov.?] 9 1881

Dear Muir

Yours of 31 Oct is just in. We arrived [NW, S.?] – are still unsettled: so I can only now say, Send [us?] your Arctic plants – [or?] a set of them, and I will do all that one can with them: no doubt I can name them promptly. We had a good voyage home & a fine time abroad: Shall be glad to hear or read the interesting things you will have to tell about. Ever yours truly

[Ava?] Gray

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.45, November 8, 1881 Nov 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.45, November 8, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Walter Brown To Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1881 Nov 6., Walter Brown Nov 1881

Letter From Walter Brown To Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1881 Nov 6., Walter Brown

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Phillips 11/6-81

Dear Anna: -

Your dear good letter came last Friday evening and found us as well as could be expected, Joanna is feeling stronger and better each day and with Gods help will get well very soon, Gracie, She was Gods gift and is only called back to await our coming And with Gods help we will meet her at His appointed time. The verses which you speak of are very beautiful and are very appropriate, we shall keep them and feel very grateful for your kindness, Willis and Mary are very

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kind to us, and …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.44, November 1, 1881 Oct 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.44, November 1, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Homeward Bound. End Of The Corwin's Cruise In The Arctic Ocean. Elephant Point-A Fossil Glacier And Its Exuberant Vegetation. Shipwrecked Prospectors-An Alaskan Silver Mine And Oonalaska Scenery. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Oonalaska, October 4, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Homeward Bound. End Of The Corwin's Cruise In The Arctic Ocean. Elephant Point-A Fossil Glacier And Its Exuberant Vegetation. Shipwrecked Prospectors-An Alaskan Silver Mine And Oonalaska Scenery. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Oonalaska, October 4, 1881., John Muir

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

Written Oct. 4, 1881 Pub. Oct. 31 TOM1B MII-TOMB) HOMEWMB BO0ND, !, i'ShipT-rresked 2?srospcotorn — Aa Alasliaa. Silvex Miae aad Qonalaslran Scenery. ISICIALOOKKSSPONDENCH OF THE BULLETIN.) I ,., Arctic Ocean. Eleplramt Point- A Fossil Glamor a-ad ris Eajteberan-t Vegetatiotfi 'A Steamett. Goswin, ."onalaska, October 4, 1SS1. f On the heme voyage, all the hard Arctic -work done, the Corwin stopped a week at the head of Kotzebue Sound, near Chamisso - Island, to seek a fresh supply of water, and make some needful repairs and observations, Written Oct. 4, 1881 ?-ub. Oct. 31 & - ,'..: (ft*;/ T 4 fl …


Letter From John Muir To [Asa] Gray, 1881 Oct 31., John Muir Oct 1881

Letter From John Muir To [Asa] Gray, 1881 Oct 31., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Contra Costa Co, California Oct 31, 1881.

My dear friend Gray:

Parry was here the other day & brought the news that you were likely to be home by the end of this month, What a fine big eventful trip you must have had, & how many interesting plants & people & place you must have seen. I returned a week ago from the polar region about Wrangel Land & Herald Island, & brought a few plants from there which I wish you

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you would name as soon as convenient, as I have to write a report …


An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising Along The Edge Of 'The Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove To' In An Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen Of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals And Point Hope, September 3, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising Along The Edge Of 'The Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove To' In An Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen Of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals And Point Hope, September 3, 1881., John Muir

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

Written, Sep. 3, 1881 Pub. Oct.27 X •Oorwin" AY. OCTOBER 27. m ICE-BOMB SHORE. Cruising aloag the Ege of " the Facte" Off Wrangel Laad. " M.o'vb to " sm am Arctic Gale—'Sho CSc]r win's A'eorigi&al aserdiant Hid&l ernes of Two Continents. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TEE" -BULLETIN.] -t / - , f f / Steameb Corwin, Arctic Ocean ) , (Between herald Shoals and Point Hope), r September s, isst. ) On the morning of August VlliC, having taken.a full supply of coal and water on board, and put the ship in as good condition as possible, we left Plover …


Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [Joseph Le Conte], 188[1] Oct 26., James Bryce Oct 1881

Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [Joseph Le Conte], 188[1] Oct 26., James Bryce

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead] Yo Semite Valley, Oct. 26 188_

My dear Sir:

[My?] many thanks for your note. I shall trust to have an [illegible] [opportunity?] of reading your paper on the lavas of the N.W. in Amer. Journal, and shall feel grateful for your article on the geology of California if you have a copy to spare and can send it to me as you so kindly offer to do. The papers which you sent had not reached me at the Palace Hotel when I left on Monday, but no doubt they will be there before now, and I will get …


In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir

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

FLOYER BA. Written, Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 26 " ___ Reindeer Fanning om the Arctic Shores of giteria,, ic escipptija of Reindeer Glacier Groovlngs—Oesolata of SJt3 band. Appearance "Corwin" ffVl '" '"'. I ,; .- , , O {special correspondence of the fullettin.] Steamer Corwin, } Plover Bat, Siberia, August 26,1881. ( This morning a party from the ship went to the head of the bayunder the guidance of a pair of Ts chuckchis to see a flock of reindeer that 'they told us was there. The distance, we found, is about eighteen miles from the lower harbor, where …


Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir

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

Written., Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 25 'Corwin'* The Most Northerly Goal Sine m the World. 'iTlie Corwin In a dale—Effects of the Northern Current. "Tie JDioaioeies—Stuoceaw to Navigation in Be&uriag Strait. IBe Poiat Barrow Signal Service Hzpedi- tioa—What It EspecSs to Do. [SPECIAL COERESr-ONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Stsames Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia),.) August 25,1881. ) We left icy, gloomy Point Barrow on the afternoon of the 18th, with fine Arctic weather, which held out good hopes that we would be able to lie two days at the mine twenty miles cast of Cape Lisburne, and take out and get …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.43, October 25, 1881 Oct 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.43, October 25, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Perils Of Whaling. The Corwin Among The Whaling Fleet Off Point Barrow. Destruction Of Whaling Ships By Ice-Esquimaux Wreckers. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 18, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Perils Of Whaling. The Corwin Among The Whaling Fleet Off Point Barrow. Destruction Of Whaling Ships By Ice-Esquimaux Wreckers. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 18, 1881., John Muir

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

PEBILS OF WHAIglft, Written, Aug. 18, 1881 Tke Coi-wia Among the WiaUag Fleet QS Poiat Barrow. "Corwin- )2* Beetraction. of Whaling Shies by Sss— j EEqiiiiaaux WreC&ess. VvwC [SPECIAL COBBESPONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] - - :-. . s ..' Steamsh Cotswin, off Point Barrow,) August 18,1861. ) Finding it impossible to get northward tferougb the iee anywhere near the east side of Wrangel Land, it was decided that we should cross to the American coast to make another effort to reach Point Barrow-to. learn the lite of the whaleship Daniel Webster, which, as 1 have stated in a former letter, …


Letter From Helen Swett To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 Oct 24, Helen Swett Oct 1881

Letter From Helen Swett To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 Oct 24, Helen Swett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Oct. 24. 1881. Dear Mrs. Muir. I thank you for very much for those grapes you sent me. I never saw such pretty grapes in my life as your grapes. I am glad Mr. Muir is home safe. I hope your baby is well and laughing now. Mr. [Mims] gave our baby a gold and silver cup sunday and it [had] on it Where the Baby sits is the head of the board. Grandma Francis is not much better she only sits up while the nurse makes her bed. Papa has bought a ranch down near the Wrights station. The …


On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found On The Beach-Condition Of The Soil. Improbability Of Any Landing Having Been Made By Captain Delong. Difficulties Which Beset The Corwin-Narrow Escape From The Ice. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) ... Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found On The Beach-Condition Of The Soil. Improbability Of Any Landing Having Been Made By Captain Delong. Difficulties Which Beset The Corwin-Narrow Escape From The Ice. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) ... Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881., John Muir

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

Written, Aug. 17, 1881 Pub. Oct. 22 .•/" . ,- gj**" ? ; '- SjK jy" - vl OtoOS / STISS12 Wreckage Joined a the Beach--Condition off the SeiL jSmprolba'biHty of .flsmy Landing Having Seen Mad. by Captain Bo liomg. SSifSoiiltias Which Beset the Corwia—JTar- row Escape from the 2oe. (SPECIAL COP.RESPONBENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] With the arrival ol the revenue cutter Thomas Ccrwin we have received a hatch ol Interesting correspondence relative to the memorable cruise just finished from the Bulletin's special correspondent, John Muir, who accompanied the expedition in search ol the missing whalers and the Jeannette. The …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.42, October 18, 1881 Oct 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.42, October 18, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.41, October 11, 1881 Oct 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.41, October 11, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Mary L. Swett To [Louie] Muir, 1881 Oct 9., Mary L. Swett Oct 1881

Letter From Mary L. Swett To [Louie] Muir, 1881 Oct 9., Mary L. Swett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]The ranch business still hangs fire but we hope to get it settled this next week, that is if mother feels able to let me go down with John on Saturday. Helen is writing a letter to Mr. [McConnell?] who is a great favorite of hers and I should not be surprised if Dr. John Strentzel was favored with some of her effusions in the near future. It was her own idea to write to Mr. McConnell and she is getting up the letter herself with only the help of the spelling of an occasional word — I fairly long …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.40, October 4, 1881 Oct 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.40, October 4, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. Ii., John Muir Oct 1881

Coniferous Forests Of The Sierra Nevada. Ii., John Muir

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

THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. 921 / " opened a school. From there he removed to Grasmere, and finally to Nab Cottage, on the banks of Rydal Water, where he spent the rest of his days. He had no enemy but himself, nor was he so great an enemy to himself as another might have been in his place; for whatever his life was at times, his heart was always tender and loving, and his genius pure and beautiful. Tempted, suffering, repentant, he died in his fifty-fourth year, and was_..buried by the side of Wordsworth. " Let 1iim …


Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [John Muir], 1881 Oct 1., James Bryce Sep 1881

Letter From J[Ames] Bryce To [John Muir], 1881 Oct 1., James Bryce

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[his?] address is Palace Hotel San Francisco (Portland, Oregon, Oct. 1/81)

My dear Sir

Enclosed I send a letter of introduction from our common friend Dr. Asa Gray of Cambridge. I hope to be in San Francisco about the 12th or 13th of this month, and should much like to [illegible] across to see the University at Berkeley, in the hope that I [pray find you and some of your colleague there then?]. I have unfortunately only a very short time to spend in California, as I am [obligated?] to return soon to the Eastern States, but trust to …


Letter From [Louie Muir] To [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Sep 29., Louie Muir Sep 1881

Letter From [Louie Muir] To [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Sep 29., Louie Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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precious gift, your son who has brought joy and steadfast blessedness to my heart and life. [illegible] However it be, I trust that before many months we shall all meet in the delight of a grand reunion: parents and children and grandchildren. I long to see that lovely Fountain Lake where John first knew the charm of the fresh wilderness: and the exquisite water-lilies: how the blue eyes of baby Annie Wanda will shine over their snowy chalices!

[1] Louie’s letter to mother –

Martinez, California Sept. 29th, 1881.

Dear Mother Muir

Glorious news to-day from the far, far …


Wrangel Land, Conflict With The Ice-A Struggle To Reach Shore. The Corwin In An Arctic River-Acquisition To The National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881., John Muir Sep 1881

Wrangel Land, Conflict With The Ice-A Struggle To Reach Shore. The Corwin In An Arctic River-Acquisition To The National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881., John Muir

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

Written, Aug. IS, 1881 Pub. Sep. 29, " ,-p 3V* CoBfiiet with the Iee—A Struggle to Keaeli Shore. Xixe Coiwin in an .Arctic Xirer—Acquisition to tlie National Domain. utffo" Steamer Corwin, ) Off PoiK'r Barrow, August 16,1881. f Four days ago a notable addition was made to the national domain, for on the i|.2tB} of this month Captain C. L. Hooper laudeu on Wrangel Land and took formal possession of it in the name of the United States.-, . 2rhe extent of the new territory thus acquired is not definitely known, nor is likely, to be for many is century, …


The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir Sep 1881

The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir

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

written, July 31, 1881 Pub. Sep. 28 " EVENING "GorwiiF THE JEAimETTE SEARCH. Exploration of Herald Island—No Signs of the Missing Ship. JJasgfers of Arctic Exploration—Fauna and Flora of tlie Worth. Written, July 51, Pub. Sep. 29 1681 •IT' P Q '- this lowest portion being about half a mile, and the average width about two miles.:'The entire island is a mass of granite, with the exception of a patch of meiamorphie slate near the center, and no doubt owes its existence with so considerable a highly to the superior resistance this granite offered to the degrading action of the …


Letter From Robt. King To John Muir, 1881 Sep 27., Robert King Sep 1881

Letter From Robt. King To John Muir, 1881 Sep 27., Robert King

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: Oonalaska fish presented by Mr King 991]

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Oonalaska Sept 27th / 81

Prof[illegible]. Muir.

Dear Sir.

I send you herewith a specimen of a deep water fish said to be very rare, I has just been caught at our wharf. I caught one of the same kind last year and gave it to Dr Beau of the Fish Comission, who was much pleased to get it, and said it would be the only specimen of the kind at the Smithsonian Institute.

I am Dear Sir Respectfully Robt. King


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.39, September 27, 1881 Sep 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.39, September 27, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.38, September 20, 1881 Sep 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.38, September 20, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Sarah M[Uir] Galloway To John Muir, 1881 Sep 14/24., Sarah Muir Galloway Sep 1881

Letter From Sarah M[Uir] Galloway To John Muir, 1881 Sep 14/24., Sarah Muir Galloway

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: I find this clipping was taken from the Weekly Witness instead of the Tribune Sarah] [4]ourselves, David does not feel able to work as he used to do when you were here, still he keeps doing all he can, Anna is just the same good, willing trusty girl she has ever been to us she will be twenty four next Decr – she taught school the past summer, but intends staying at home the coming winter, Celia is a lively laughing little body, learning to be a great help in household affairs, she has been taking music lessons …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.37, September 13, 1881 Sep 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.37, September 13, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Lena Vanderbilt To [Louie] Muir, 1881 Sep 11., Lena Vanderbilt Sep 1881

Letter From Lena Vanderbilt To [Louie] Muir, 1881 Sep 11., Lena Vanderbilt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Sitka Alaska Sept 11th. 1881

Dear Mrs Muir,

We received your letter of July 14th by last steamer, I should have answered by the return steamer but had so much to attend to I did not find the time I wished. We were so glad to learn that you had heard from Mr Muir and that he was well. I presume you have heard again from him by this time. Mr Vanderbilt has written Mr Muir. You must indeed be very lonely in your separation I hope it will not be for long. Annie is very well …