Title:
Letter from John Muir to [John] Bidwell, 1896 Apr 15.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[John] Bidwell
Date:
1896 Apr 15
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0121-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, April 15 1896 My dear General When you gave me that grand round Shasta excursion with Hooker Gray you told
me I think in a talk by the campfire that you saw some of the Sequoias in crossing the Sierra in 1846. If so will you give
me particulars in writing for publication in the Silva of N. American of Prof Sargent. He is very anxious to get the name
of the white man who first looked upon Sequoia gigantia to be preserved in the Silva. Nine of the twelve superb volumes of
this work are published I suppose you have them. I mean to go to Alaska soon to explore some of the plains about Mt. St.
Elias Cooks Inlet etc. With warm regards to Mrs. Bidwell, I am General ever faithfully Yours, John Muir