Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
J.M.2.R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.R. U. JOHNSON,ASSOCIATE EDITOR.C. C. BUEL,ASSISTANT EDITOR.they have in your sketches. Each of these nine illustrations is to be full page, and we hope to make an impressive article.Your own text should be 8000 words in length, and we should be glad if you could scatter your mention of these subjects through the article, so that there could be a page picture and a page of text, if it can conveniently be done.You spoke of Robinsons views as being of the south fork of the Yosemite, and yours as of the middle fork. Now is there another canon - the north fork;- which ought to be illustrated?I think it might be well to call the article "A Rival of the Yosemite", and you might begin by referring to the criticism upon you as a traitor to California because of your mention of other Yosemites.I have to-day taken the first steps toward the organization of the Yosemite and Yellowstone Defence Association. I suppose I may count you in? I want to get it in good shape for Congressional influence next winter.Mrs. Johnson and the children have gone to Paris for the01494
Location
New York
Date Original
1891 May 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0129-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0129
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
