Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
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Transcription
3to save them.Here is something from Pinchot which, had it comes from a deeper fountain would have lighted the gloom. He says in a letter to me dated Dec. 15, "Except for certain administrative clouds which darken the horizon, the general prospect for the forests seems never to have been so bright as now. I am not only confident of maintaining the present reserves, but full of hope that we shall be able, not only to protect them in the near future, but to increase their area to a notable extent." "Two alternatives" he says "present themselves for the treatment of the reserved public timber lands. One is to reserve all such lands at one blow by refusing to allow any forest lands of the U.S. to be disposed of hereafter. This course would probably require Congressional action, & it is by no means certain that such action could be obtained. The other course is to
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Jan 3
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0023-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0023
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
