Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Geo[rge] W. Stewart
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Transcription
Martinez, Feb. 28, 1902Mr Geo. W. Stewart,Pres't. Mr Whitney Club,Dear Sir, I heartily sympathize with you in your efforts to clear up confusion of names in the Sierra Though one of the first to explore the wilds of the High Sierra, the only name in your region that i am responsible for is the "Giant Forest of the Kaweah" named some some 27 years ago But lately some of the numbers of our club have been sowing names thick & fast too often without due regard to names long l[illegible]ally in use. This confusion will not be settled until the maps of the Geological Survey of the Sierra are completed. The survey is working southward. The last
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1902 Feb 28
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir12_0231-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0231
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
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
