Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
[2]yours in San Francisco, for distribution where they would do the most good. And I would like two or three copies of each for myself. I have written tonight to the Overland to withdraw my article on the military question – altho’ it probably would not have been published anyway. I was tempted to inquire, in one of the enclosed letters, about the allusion to “blackmail” in the letter from H.K. Field (whoever he may be) copied in the Commission’s report. There are some suits pending against the Y. stage Company for personal injuries by stage accidents, and I suspect that there is some connection between one of them and Field’s reference. However, having nothing sure to go on, I thought best to overlook the matter. I think however, that Secretary Noble ought to demand an explanation from Field. But that is only a suggestion. The Commission’s report ought to be a thorough means of their own destruction. I would give my left arm willingly to pay for the pleasure of sitting at a table with a Senate committee, with that and the Commission’s other reports in my hand, and the liberty to cross-question Mr. Irish and his pals, and some of the stable-birds of Yosemite. The elaborateness with which Irish has worked up the tissue of falsehood in the report is not
Location
Raymond, Calif.
Date Original
1891 Feb
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0103-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0103
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
