Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
[3]of the Nevada Fall. I will find out about that today from clark himself. Perhaps Mr. Newsham's business is not in connection with Yosemite mismanagement. However, he gave it out freely in the Valley, and told the young man here, that he had come "from the Secretary of the Interior himself" to see about the National Park. Anyway I think it right that you should know just how he came and by whom he was "steered" while here. To me it looks very suspicious that the first representative of the Department who shows himself should let himself be "steered" by Washburn, the head-center of the ring, and by Clark, the ring's subservient tool. It is suspicious, too, that Mr. Newsham did not take a look at Little Yosemite, after the Department's promise to you that that business should be investigated at the earliest practicable moment. Any day now may bring a storm that will prevent approach to Little Yosemite. I hope that you have preserved your correspondence with the Dep't on that point. If I get the least ground for believing that the Dep't intends to yield to the influence of the Yosemite06352
Location
Yosemite [Calif.]
Date Original
1890 Nov 15, 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 19.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0735-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0735
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
