Creator

R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson

Recipient

John Muir

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February 12th, 1897R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.R. U. JOHNSON,ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL,ASSISTANT EDITOR.John Muir, Esq.Martinez, California.My dear Muir:-I was delighted to hear, the other day, by telegram from Shinn, that a bill for recession had been reported favorably in the California Assembly, and new your note gives me the text of the bill.Shinn asked me to send strong telegrams to Melick, but after solicitously thinking the matter over, it seemed to me that 1 would do more harm than good in that way, and 1 have written Shinn to that effect, telling him of McAllister's criticism of me on that score.I believe if you were to go to Sacramento you could clinch matters, and the bill would go through. I have always found that the way to work was to bring local influence to bear upon the several Legislators. For instance, Los Angeles men of influence should be got to write to their Assemblymen, etc. This is something which you could plan out with two or three of our friends in an hour, and execute by means of a few letters. It is astonishing how much a single letter from02238

Location

New York

Date Original

1897-02-11T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.

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muir09_0709-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0709

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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 1

Keywords

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

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