Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Robert Underwood] Johnson

Transcription

[f.?] Yosemite

46

Martinez, Feb. 6, 1896

My dear Mr. Johnson.

Dr. McLean, as you will see by the enclosed letter, wants an introduction to you. He is now in Washington as a delegate from the Ca. River & Harbor Improvement Co. to secure appropriations for the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers.
What he most dearly wants however is an appropriation for the purchase of the Yosemite & Park roads, one of which, the one from Coulterville to Yosemite, he owns. I suppose all these roads (described by Noble's Commissioners) ought to belong to the Government & be free to visitors.
The Doctor is well acquainted with Yosemite affairs but how much he cares for them outside of his pecuniary interests I dont know, though I have been slightly acquainted with him for many years. I hope therefore my introduction will not lead you to lose more time than from your own judgement when you see him seems to warranted. Your editorials in last Century are grand.

Ever Yours

John Muir

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1896 Feb 6

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0051-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0051

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html

Owning Institution

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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

Pages

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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