Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Colby
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Transcription
Martinez Apr 21/08Dear Mr Colby,The Phelan forces seem according to Call dispatches to be actually making some headway. I have written to the President, but it might be well to telegraph to Garfield on the part of the Club requesting time to show after competent & disinterested examination that the claim made by the proponents of the Phelan scheme that Hetch Hetchy is the only pure & adequate source of supply for the city that is now available is utterly preposterous & without any foundation in fact. And therefore that no promise of any sort, of H. H.y - for a reservoir site now or in the future shoul[d?] be made to the City. Lake Eleanor & Cherry Creek sites on the northern tributaries of the Tuolumne basin are purer than the H H drainage & amply sufficient for a hundred yrs etc.Faithfully yours John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1908 Apr 21
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir17_0423-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0423
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
National Archives. 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
