Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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[2]shall occur, and is thick as thieves with Washburn, Glasscock and the rest. Accidentally, I met Mr. A. H. Ward at Raymond, the other day. It was my first personal acquaintance with him, and I was much pleased with the man. He told me that he had met one of Mr. Noble’s agents at Mariposa, and had posted such agent on some points of Yosemite matters. I have been here throughout the summer, and my knowledge or information of affairs in the mountains is only second-hand stuff, but apparently the mess up there is worse than ever, and the combine has been putting itself in shape to hold fast. By the way, have you or[3]can you obtain information as to the truth of the claim made very noisily by J. P. Irish’s friends that that person will “run” the national administration in its dealings with California matters should Mr. Cleveland be slected President. These boasts and the prominence given to Irish (or attained by his pushing himself forward) on the stump will cost not a few votes that might have been thrown for Cleveland. There are many, like myself, who have voted twice for Cleveland but who are thinking of voting for Harrison or of going quail shooting on election day, simply because of the alleged influence had over06416[in margin: Heaven preserve us!]
Location
Raymond, Calif.
Date Original
1892 Oct 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0686-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0686
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
