Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
5is or not will not matter much since it his in rugged rocky security as one of natures own reservations. As to the lower boundary it should I think be extended so far as to include the Big Tree groves below the valley thus bringing under government protection a section of the forest containing specimens of all the principal trees of the Sierra, & which if left unprotected will vanish like snow in summer. Some private claims will have to be brought but the cost will not be great.Yours trulyJohn MuirGlad to hear of your brothers success. Am at work on the Canon.[newspaper clipping] wheat, which is not an irrigated crop.The Vandever bill to extend the Yosemite grant is not sufficiently comprehensive. It leaves out the cascades, the sources of most of the streams which make the falls of the valley, and does not connect the valley and Big Tree grants. If it pass is should be amended in these particulars.Alta MayA Matter of Principle.
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1890 May 8
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0479-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0479
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 5
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
