Letters to Joseph Hooker, Kew Garden Archives

These letters were found by Graham White in the archives of the Kew Gardens, in England. John Muir had traveled with Sir Joseph Hooker and Professor Asa Gray on a botanical expedition in 1877 through the Mount Shasta region, and thereafter remained life-long friends.

To Asa Gray - January 13, 1878 - Description of the Yellow and Jeffrey Pines
To Joseph Hooker - February 1, 1879 - Description of Muir's geological and botanical studies of the Great Basin
To Joseph Hooker - February 20, 1882 - Muir's request for Hooker to support a bill to protect the Sequoias of the Kaweah and Tule Rivers (Webmaster's note - the Tule River Sequoias are still unprotected despite designation as a National Monument in 2000!)
To Joseph Hooker - April 20, 1902 - Personal recollections, travel plans, botanical musings
To Joseph Hooker - October 20, 1904 - Describing Muir's trip around the world

New Cache Of Muir Letters Discovered In England by Ron Limbaugh (explains source and origins of these letters)

Source: Kew Gardens archives, London, England; transcribed by Graham White

Acquired November 11, 1999

Writings by John Muir

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