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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 22., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 22., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To Mrs. Muir

Sunday afternoon, May 22, 1881.

Dear Louie:

We left uonalaska this morning at four o'clock and are now in Bering Sea on our way to St. George and St. Paul Islands. We expect to reach St. Paul tomorrow and remain there half a day or so, when I will send this and another letter that I have for you by the Alaska Com. Co.'s steamer back to unalaska to be forwarded by the first chance. This morning I sent you five by the schooner H. L. Tiernan, which is going to Oregon where they will be put …

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Letter From Editer Scribner's [Monthly][Robert Underwood Johnson] To John Muir, 1881 May 21., Robert Underwood Johnson, Editors Scribner's Monthly May 1881

Letter From Editer Scribner's [Monthly][Robert Underwood Johnson] To John Muir, 1881 May 21., Robert Underwood Johnson, Editors Scribner's Monthly

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Dear Mr. Muir:

We have already sent you a check for the balance due you on account of papers received. We [now?] add that of course we shall look for a good long account of the Jeannette Expedition — the magazine aspect of it — [from?] your pen for The Century as Scribner is to be called after the October number. Col. W.H. Gilder who goes along will write for the Herald but [illegible] [illegible] likely make some sketches to accompany your work and these with your own will furnish ample bases for illustrations.

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We wish you …

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Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel Muir], [1881 May 20?]., John Muir May 1881

Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel Muir], [1881 May 20?]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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so steep in many places that I had to go on all fours, while the wind blew stormily & pelted me with snow & sleet. Yet for a’ that & a’ that I was not tired, but only exhilarated. Just think of that when so short a time ago I used to get pale & breathless coming up that little home knoll. You can hardly know who glad I was to find that my old instincts as to finding my way through the storm when I could not see half a dozen steps ahead, & my old strength of …

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Letter From John Muir To Mother [Ann G. Muir], 1881 May 19., John Muir May 1881

Letter From John Muir To Mother [Ann G. Muir], 1881 May 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Original letter in possession of Mrs. Mary Muir Hand].

On board the steamer "Thomas Corwin,"

At Oonalaska harbor,Alaska,

May 19th, 1881.

Dear Mother;

I wrote you from San Francisco that I had suddenly made up my mind to avail myself of the opportunity offered to visit the Arctic region on the steamer Thomas Corwin sent to seek the Jeanette and the missing whalers that were lost in the ice two years ago off Point Barrow. We left San Francisco May 4th and arrived here on the 18th where we are taking on coal and additional supplies for our long cruise …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 18., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 18., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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health has been suffering the meanwhile, & today I sent him half a dozen bottles of the Doctors wine to revive him. This notable liberality under the circumstances was caused by 1st His having advised me years ago to take good care of my steps on the mountains, 2d, & to get married, & 3d, for his pictures drawn for me of the bliss of having children 4th, for the sake of our mutual friends, 5th for his good looks & bad health, & half dozenth because 15 or 20 years ago on a dark night while seeking one …

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1881 May 17 Jm To Louie P1, John Muir May 1881

1881 May 17 Jm To Louie P1, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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May 19th This morning I jumped up in bed, dreaming that I heard our baby crying.

Oonalaska Harbor,

Tuesday, May 17th. 1881.

2 P.M.

Dear Louie. The gale having abated early this morning, we left our anchorage on the south side of the island and steamed round into the Strait to try it again after our last evening's defeat, and this time we were successful, after a hard contest with the tide which flows here at a speed of 10 miles an hour.

The clouds lifted and the sun shone out early this morning, revealing a host of …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 17., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Unalaska Harbor,

Tuesday, May 17th. 1881.

2 P.M.

Dear Louie:

The gale having abated early this morning, we left our anchorage on the south side of the island and steamed round into the Strait to try it again after our last evening's defeat, and this time we were successful, after a hard contest with the tide which flows here at a speed of (10) miles an hour.
The clouds lifted and the sun shone out early this morning, revealing a host of mountains nobly sculptured and grouped and robed in spotless white. Turn which way you would, the mountains were …

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.20, May 17, 1881 May 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.20, May 17, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.

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Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], [1881] May 16., John Muir May 1881

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], [1881] May 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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rising in value with the latitude The wine is delicious I’m glad you thought to send my glasses & barometers & coat, We will procures furs as we proceed north so as to be ready in case we should be compelled to winter in the Arctic regions. It is remarkably cold even here, & dark & blue & forbidding every way though it is fine weather for health. I was just thinking this morning of our warm sunny home, of Annie in her soft blankets with her blunt nose & double chin, & of the red cherries down the …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 16., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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After going back about ten miles we discovered a good anchorage in 15 fathom water in the ice of a great bluff of lava about 2000 ft high & here we ride in comfort while the blast drives past overhead. If we do not get off tomorrow I will go ashore & see what I can learn. Have learned already since the snow ceased falling that all the region hereabouts has been glaciated just like that 1000 miles to the Eastward. All the sculpture shows this clearly. How pleasant it seems to be able to walk once more without …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], [1881] May 15., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], [1881] May 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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would have been in the harbor by this time had it not been for a heavy headwind that began to blow early this morning. It has been a cold blusterary howling stormy day, with rain hail & snow beating the deck besides the waves that are breaking over the rail. Every moveable thing in the cabin flying from side to side. The weather has been cold all the way from California First an average day temperature of about 55°, with a gradual fall to 35°. Still I have been very comfortable. The cold wind is bracing & I have …

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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.

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Letter From John M. Vanderbilt & Wife To John Muir, 1881 May 8., John M. Vanderbilt May 1881

Letter From John M. Vanderbilt & Wife To John Muir, 1881 May 8., John M. Vanderbilt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Sitka Alaska May 8/81.

Dear Mr. Muir

Your very welcome letter of 27th March is just to hand with the cheerful news of the coming of your little lassie, you have our very best congratulations which please present to your happy wife with our sincere well wishes for her speedy recovery & the continuance of all that is lovely & beautiful in this life for you & yours.

Sincerely your friends

John M. Vanderbilt and Wife.

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Letter From J[Ohn] M. Vanderbilt To John Muir, 1881 May 5., John M. Vanderbilt May 1881

Letter From J[Ohn] M. Vanderbilt To John Muir, 1881 May 5., John M. Vanderbilt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Sitka Alaska May 5th 1881

Dear Mr. Muir

Have just returned from our second trip to Chile at this season and I am very glad to say that business & prospects are better than we anticipated. We have given up on [Iakatat?] trip owning to the amount of work we have to attend to this season besides we learn that the [Iakatat?] Indians are expected to come down to Cross Sound to trade at our Hoonyah stove. The next steamer from Portland will bring boiler &c for our oil works which we will establish in Cross Sound. A Capt …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 [May 4]., John Muir May 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 [May 4]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead] San Francisco Wednesday [May 4]11, oclock 1881

My beloved wife. We sail in an hour I saw the Captain a few minutes ago & all hope of delay to allow me to see you once more is past. But never mind dear all seems sure & true & righteous as to the trip I am making & I feel sure that I shall return to you better than I go – better in every way. I have been losing all appetite during the last few months & am now as nearly fleshless as I ever was. All my friends …

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Letter From Joanna [Muir Brown] To [John Muir & Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 4., Joanna Muir Brown May 1881

Letter From Joanna [Muir Brown] To [John Muir & Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 May 4., Joanna Muir Brown

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Phillips Wis. May 4, ‘81

Dear Brother and Sister:-

By way of Mother, I have heard of the new happiness which has come to you and without waiting longer for direct intelligence, I offer my joyful congratulations. May the small maiden long be the comfort and sunshine of your home and your hearts. Please do write to us too and inform us concerning name, age and personal charms, you know you have not written for many a day and I have long l[illegible] for an answer to my last. I am very anxious for a little word.

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Letter From Louie [Strentzel] Muir To [John Muir], [1881 May 4]., Louie Strentzel Muir May 1881

Letter From Louie [Strentzel] Muir To [John Muir], [1881 May 4]., Louie Strentzel Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[1] [4] [May, 1881]

Wednesday daybreak


My beloved husband,

All this weary night I have held our baby in my arms, and waited waited for the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand, wildly hoping, refusing to know that fate could be so cruel and deny me the comfort of your presence for yet another day. O John if only I could look upon your face

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their touch is over all this paper, and the rosebud mouth has kissed your name. I believe and trust that our Heavenly Father will be good to you because of …

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Letter From J[Ohn] H. Boyes To John Muir, 1881 May 3., John H. Boyes May 1881

Letter From J[Ohn] H. Boyes To John Muir, 1881 May 3., John H. Boyes

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Erin May 3rd / 81

To John Muir

Dear friend

I am writing you at an [illegible] hense this short note. I cannot tell if it will ever find you for I don’t know whether I am addressing the living or dead or whether you are in the same part of the world as when I last received from you. There has been many changes since I last received any word from you. I am now in the ministry labouring with the Baptists. I am at present engaged in the village of Erin Ontario where I preach twice every sabbath. …

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.18, May 3, 1881 May 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.18, May 3, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.

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Wild Sheep Of The Sierra., John Muir Apr 1881

Wild Sheep Of The Sierra., John Muir

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

Scribner's Monthly. Vol, XXII. MAY, 1881 No. THE WILD SHEEP OF THE SIERRA. i)L, The wild sheep ranks highest among the -animal mountaineers of the Sierra. Possessed of keen sight and scent, immovable nerye, and strong limbs, he dwells secure ?amid the loftiest summits of the Alps, from Ijone extremity of the range to the other; leaping unscathed from crag to crag, up and Vdown the fronts of giddy precipices, crossing foaming torrents and slopes of frozen snow, exposed to the wildest storms, yet maintaining a brave, warm life, and developing from generation to generation in perfect strength and beauty. …

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Letter From John Muir To [Gerorge] Engelmann, 1881 Apr 28., John Muir Apr 1881

Letter From John Muir To [Gerorge] Engelmann, 1881 Apr 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

work that you have done & are doing for the world. I am very truly your friend

John Muir.

Do come again to California you are much needed.

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.17, April 26, 1881 Apr 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.17, April 26, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.16, April 19, 1881 Apr 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.16, April 19, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Henry Payot To John Muir, 1881 Apr 13., Henry Payot Apr 1881

Letter From Henry Payot To John Muir, 1881 Apr 13., Henry Payot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

San Francisco Apr 13 1881

My dear Mr. Muir –

Don’t believe a word of what Upham has been writing!!! for you might think that he alone is pleased to hear the good news – as it is not so – The [Payor?] family are all interested in the little miss as well as the Upham family & you will please accept our congratulations with the request that Mrs. Muir will kiss the baby for each of us – this is quite a task I know

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for according to the last census we number ½ doz – …

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Letter From Isaac Upham To John Muir, 1881 Apr 13., Isaac Upham Apr 1881

Letter From Isaac Upham To John Muir, 1881 Apr 13., Isaac Upham

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

San Francisco, 13th Apl. 1881

My Dear Muir

Had I supposed you would not have been in San Francisco before this you would have received the most hearty congratulations of the Uphams long ago. We are pleased to learn that you are all happy and of course we are anxious to see the little “love” and if you do not bring Her down to see us we shall make a special visit to Martinez to see – what is her name? Come soon

Yours truly Isaac Upham.

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[Rev. May 11th?]

M – O Martinez Apr 28, …

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.15, April 12, 1881 Apr 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.15, April 12, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.

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Letter From G[Eorge] Engelmann To John Muir, 1881 Apr 11., George Engelmann Apr 1881

Letter From G[Eorge] Engelmann To John Muir, 1881 Apr 11., George Engelmann

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Geo. Englemann, M. D. 3003 Locust Street.

St. Louis, Mo., April 11 1881

My dear Mr Muir

Let me congratulate you and Mrs Muir on the happy event, of which a kind note from Dr Strentzel has just informed me. Well, when this reaches your, the matter is already old and congratulations are out of date; what was a baby then, is now a young lady, she can at least say Papa and Mama. Who ever has once been roaming about in California wants to be there again, and who has seen [illegible] and [illegible] [harken after?] spring and fresh …

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Letter From [Ann G. Muir] To Dan[Iel H. Muir], [1881] Apr 9., Ann Gilrye Muir Apr 1881

Letter From [Ann G. Muir] To Dan[Iel H. Muir], [1881] Apr 9., Ann Gilrye Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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and expected to be gone six weeks but was gone twelve — I do wish David could have a vacation as I think he really needs one very much — Your father has had a scalded foot to add to his lameness but is now nearly well A baby girl has come to Johns home in Cal – for which he is very much pleased he writes that Cherry Apple Pear and Plum trees are loaded with white blossoms – his letter was wrote in March — I send much love to Emma and the dear children also to …

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Letter From John Bidwell To John Muir, 1881 Apr 8., John Bidwell Apr 1881

Letter From John Bidwell To John Muir, 1881 Apr 8., John Bidwell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Rancho Chico, April 8, 1881.

My Dear Muir,

When in San F. early in last month I inquired of Mr Upham about you, not knowing whether you had already migrated towards the Sierras, or Alaskan glaciers and ice-bergs, or were still [illegible] in less frigid climes! Upham gave me some su[illegible]sings which, when in Martinez a few days subsequently, caused me to inquire for you, but not to dare a nearer approach to the sacred precincts even if I had time, which I had not. We have often mentioned you

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and mixed possibilities and wishes and probabilities, …

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Letter From Julia M[Errill] Moores To [Muir Family], 1881 Apr 8., Julia Merrill Moores Apr 1881

Letter From Julia M[Errill] Moores To [Muir Family], 1881 Apr 8., Julia Merrill Moores

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

232 N. Ala. St., Indianapolis,

April 8th, 1881.

My dear Friends:

Your letter of March 27th reached me on the 5th of April. "And a little child shall lead them." You are given your first lesson in this sort of love. I thank God that He has in His goodness brought to your hearts this treasure. We all rejoice with you. Janet says, "Ah, this baby will be a poet. I wish she had come on my birthday only five days before." Merrill smiles and makes some funny remark about there never having been such a child before. Of course …

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