Creator
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 2 I am pushed and bothered over a thousand different things and it would do me more good to pass a few days with you than anythin. and it would do me more good to pass a few days with you than anything else I can think of.Is there no hope of your having courage and energy enough to cross the Rocky Mountains this year?Your friend Pinchot seems to be making a great deal of sti" in the world and I see that he 4rs state [illegible]. 4he only person in the country who knows anything about forests and forestry. I should sup. pose he was pretty near the end of his tether by this time.Why don't we get up a syndicate to purchase a big block of the Redwood forest to bo held by trustees for the benefit of the public for all time? Here is an opportunity for some rich man to immortalize himself.Faithfu11y yours,[illegible]John Muir, Esq.Martinez, Cal.[02692]
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Date Original
1900 May 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0223-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0223
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
