Creator

R.B. Marshall

Recipient

John Muir

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[1]Washington D.C.April 21/1908My dear Mr MuirIt was a pleasure indeed to get your recent letter but I was more than grieved to know you had been ill - There is but one John Muir and every one hopes we may have him in health and happiness for many, many years to comeThe delay in not writing before - was because I hoped from time to time to hear something to tell you of your dear Hetch Hetchy - Mr Needham has been working hard to save the Valley but he informed me today that he feared San Francisco would winI do not know how to prevent it - I wish I did - all I can do is to suffer as so many lovers of the Valley must suffer in having a mill pond made where now lies one of the most beautiful garden Valleys in the world -Some how, I could not think your pleading would fail - the pleading of so many people - but San Francisco would not give up - I do hope however, that the Secretary will so restrict the privilege that the scheme will have to be abandoned -Mrs Marshall and the darling babies often04148

Location

Washington, D. C.

Date Original

1908 Apr 21

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir17_0441-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 0441

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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.

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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