Title:
Letter from Robt. King to John Muir, 1881 Sep 27.
Creator:
Robt. King
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1881 Sep 27
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir04_0699-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Oonalaska, [Alaska]
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
in margin: Oonalaska fish presented by Mr King 991 01026 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