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La Grango Mo. Aug. 26, 1897. John Muir, Port Townsend Wash. Dear Sir; Having read your views of the Yukon District
which did not give your idea as to the best time to go to Alaska I would like to know if it is convenient for you to write.
Also the best part of the district, and and the clothes one aught to take. I have often wondered how the glacier got 02336