Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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[illegible]Martinez, Cal., April 3,1909.Dear Mr. Johnson:You have had no response to your many good, wise letters of late because my daughter Helen has been very sick in a hospital in Los Angeles with some sort of typhoid fever. She is now, I am happy to say, rapidly convalescing and we hope that she will soon be as well as ever.In reply to your last of March 17th,I spent an evening a day or two ago with Colby and Bade, and we are unanimous(1) In applying to Secretary Ballinger for a revocation of the grant. We do not believe that the enemy has made anything like a conquest of the Secretary, and that the chances for a revocation are good. But if we should fail in this that(2)In accordance with your suggestions, proceedings should be instituted to enjoin the Secretary and the Supervisors on the grounds specified in your letter.Be assured, My Dear Johnson, that your efforts of behalf of Hetch Hetchy are enthusiastically appreciated by all of us. After you got well you have shown all your oldtime indomitable heroism in our big battle so completely won, and in accordance with former letters to you, I now remind you that I shall be glad to have you send me in an account of your money expenses, which I shall gladly pay.I had a grand time with Borroughs at the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canon just before Helen's illness and in
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1909 Apr 3
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir18_0350-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0350
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
