Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Preview
Transcription
7hands etc the diadem from California's brow etc. Then where oh where would be the supineness of which you speak. These Californians now sleeping in apathy caring only for what "pays" would then blaze up as did the devil when touched by Ithuriel's spear. A man may not apreciate his wife, but let her daddie try to take her back! I dont know whether the legislature is in session or not, I rather think not as I have not noticed any Sacramento drift in the newspapers lately. As to the extension of the grant, the more we can get into it the better. It should at least comprehend all the basins of the streams that pour into the Valley. No great opposition would be encountered in gaining this much, as few interests are involved of antagonistic character. On the
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1890 Mar 4
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0393-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0393
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 7
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
