Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Robert Underwood] Johnson

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21Martinez March 21, 1893.My dear Mr Johnson. I was glad to learn by your letter of the 9th that you had attended to J.P.s land com. case. I had written to you on the subject before your letter reached me. I saw Mr Olney our Vice President the other day, a personal friend of Irish & found that on the strength of my remonstrance & the guess that his recommendation would be without avail he left it out of his general letter to Sec. Smith. But fearing he had not done so I wrote a counter letter to the Sec. protesting as President of the S. Club against J.P.s appointment. [Caminettis?] bill I guess is done for, at least for this time. As for recession, nothing as far as I can learn has been done & the legislature has adjourned. But although all will have to be hammered over again our blows have not been altogether without effect. The

Location

Martinez, [Calif]

Date Original

1893 Mar 21

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir07_0882-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 0882

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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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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