Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
The Call---2editorial quoted by you, or the whole of it, justifies you in this accusation. If a majority of the committee decides in your favor I am to send $50. to any charity in San Francisco named by you; if against you you are to send me $50. in a draft on Rome to the order of H. Nelson Gay, as a contribution to the Library of the Keats-Shelley Memorial in Rome, in which I am much interested, and which needs money for books.In the latter case you are to print an apology to me on the editorial page. In the former, I am to print in The Century that, so far as I know, the city of San Francisco has never had any designs upon the Yosemite Valley, but only on the Hetch-Hetchy and its watershed, comprising about half of the Yosemite National Park. As I have never said anything to the contrary, this will not be difficult for me. It would be like acquitting the man who fired the Ephesian Dome of the charge of having blown up the Pantheon.Very truly, yours,R. U. Johnson05219
Location
New York
Date Original
1912 Jul 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir20_1093-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1093
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
