Creator
C[harles] S. Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
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ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY.Jamaica Plain, Mass, February 2, 1897My dear Muir:I have your note of the 25th this morning but I am afraid it is too late to make any changes in the name of the proposed California Reserve. I am going to Washington Thursday to see if I can get it established, but even that is doubtful.I see that there is a strong probability of a California man being Secretary of the Interior. Of course the attitude of the Secretary of the Interior to the forestry question and to our Commission will mean a great deal. If he is really interested in the matter probably a great deal can be accomplished during the next four years. If he is hostile or indifferent, probably nothing will come of our report. There is certainly no harm in my telling you that we are going to urge upon Congress, provided there is an extra session this spring, to pass a ill! authorizing the Secretary of War to guard the Reserves with troops. This we are going to put in as an independent motion in the hope of getting some protection for them this summer, as our general forest scheme will not be available for some time if ever. Now if the Secretary of the Interior could come east with sound ideas as to the importance of the Reserves and of taking care of them, and of the general magnitude and importance of the whole forest question, he would perhaps be in a recipient frame of mind and at least willing to02232
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Date Original
1897-02-02T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0677-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0677
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
