Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENTTHE CENTURY-MAGAZINESUNION SQUARE NEW YORKJanuary 9th, 1896R. W. GILDER, EDITORR. U. JOHNSON,ASSOCIATE EDITOR.C. C. BUEL,ASSISTANT EDITOR.John Muir, Esq.Martinez, Cal.My dear Muir:-This is the third week of a tussle with a carbuncle.Most of the time I have been confined to my house, though I have not been wholly invalidated for work; but I want you to know that if it had not been for this I should have written to you to wish Mrs. Muir and you the compliments of the season, and to tell you that I am keeping an eye on the Public Lands Committee at Washington.Did I tell you that we are to have a national forestry commission by a short cut? It will not be necessary to have a bill, but Secretary Hoke Smith will ask the National Academy of Science to undertake the investigation, and it becomes its duty to do so in accordance with its constitution, and all Congress will have to do will be to foot the bill by appropriation. By that time, if anybody wants to fight the appropriation we shall have a tussle.Meantime, all the friends of forestry will concentrate themselves in support of the McRae Bill. McRae is still on the Public Lands Committee of the House, whose chairman is Mr. Lacey of Iowa. Bowers has got himself appointed to this
Location
New York
Date Original
1896-01-09T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21cm
Resource Identifier
muir09_0025-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0025
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
