Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
32Martinez Dec. 6, 1894My dear Johnson,I hate this job of thrashing old straw--proving what has already been proved a thousand times--still as must be here goes.Every good thing--every reservation in this world, public or private needs defense against thieves that walk in darkness or against lawyers that walk bravely forth in the light beneath the dome of the nation's capital. And so it is that no sooner are our forest reserves made for the good of all the people than they are subject to the attacks of lumbermen sheepmen & other selfish seekers of immediate mammon.No matter how large or how small these national reserves may be, or how beneficent in character, or by whom made
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-12-06T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0577-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0577
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
