Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

F. L. Noble

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ParksRainierI fear on WednesdayI cant get to town today, but this will be no hindrance to the effectiveness [illegible]All [illegible] [illegible]ted as far as I [know?] [illegible]d [illegible] is a formal resolution in favor of the park - Jordan is just the man to draw it up. then all you [have?] to doThis Rainier Park [will?] [benefit?] [Washington?] is to [send?] it [illegible] tho [illegible] of the com [illegible] & all the world.for [illegible]gon[illegible] & [illegible] [up?] to [Miss?] S[illegible]dmore[No?] part of the [illegible]rish Reservoir is more [admirably?] adapted by nature for a grand National Park reaching as it does in a grand pyramid from the fertile lowlands to the frosty [sky?] [embracing?] [characteristic?] specimens on a grand & [illegible] scale of the [illegible] scenery vegetation & [illegible] of our Nwestern pacific coast. The [grandeur?] of our glacier-laden volcano [cones?] in the [illegible] a [illegible] of the most beautiful & [charming?] of the alpine [illegible] [a?] [illegible] of the [finest?] conifers, rich [illegible] meadows, trout streams gardens & [illegible] [rambles?]04127

Location

[Martinez, Calif.]

Date Original

[ca. 1908]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 11.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir17_1165-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 1165

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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