Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[William C. Hendricks]

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1419 Taylor St San Fran’ Feb 13th, [1876]My dear Senator – Acting upon the suggestions you lately sent Keith & myself endeavored to secure some notices in the newspapers & p[illegible] letters to members. The Record [ Muir?] comes out flatly against as The Bulletin promise to write in favor - & the [ Alta?] has already noticed favorably. Mr Swett wrote to his friend Donovan - & others maybe p[illegible] If the great quantity of work the affair has cost [underlined: you] had at all appeared at the outs[illegible] I could never have had the conscience to have mentioned the thing – neither I’m sure could Keith. I saw Mr [ Waete – last evening wh?] expressed himself hopefully. I published a letter in the Record of the 5th calling attention to our forest trees & the [stamped: Literary Property Rights held by the California Historical Society]

Location

San Fran[cisco]

Date Original

[1876] Feb 13

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir03_0379-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 03, Image 0379

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

California Historical Society. 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

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