Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

Miguel Estudillo

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[First draft of letter, in note-book]Martinez, Feb. 28. '05.Hon. Miguel Setodillo,Capitol. Sacramento.Dear Mr. Estudillo:How that the losemite bill has at last passed the Senate. I must again thank and congratulate you on the part you nave so ably played in bringing this work to a triumphant consummation. Very few appreciate the importance and far-reaching influence of the bill. It will be preserved in history and your name with it, long after a thousand others, noisily debated and at present seemingly more important, have been forgotten like dreams.The great xosemite park, now heart-whole and complete with its snowy mountains and songful rivers, its score or more of glaciers, magnificent groves and forests, cliffs, waterfalls, lakes and lawns, is in many of its features unrivalled in the world. It is not yet half known; from age to age its fame will grow, and that your name is associated with it is something of which you may well be proud.Thanking you again and congratulating you, I am, with best wishes,LJohn Muir]

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

circa [19]05 Feb 28

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir15_0274-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 15, Image 0274

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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.

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

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