Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
Hotel Normandie,
Washington,
Sep. 30, 1893.
Dear Louie:
Mr. Johnson and I came here last evening, and we have spent the day industriously interviewing everybody we could find likely to be influential in Yosemite and forest affairs. We have seen and had good long talks with Bowers, Hoke Smith, Fernow, Mr. Johnson's brother, Perkins and others whose names I have forgotten. Perkins is stopping at this hotel, and I expect to see him again tomorrow before starting for Chicago. Mr. Johnson goes with me to Chicago. We start at 11:35 A.M.
It is now near midnight, and I am a little tired. We have seen all the public buildings, were in the House and Senate, and heard speeches in both, etc. I should like to call on Mrs. Alexander, but guess I'll not find time for her or for Miss Scidmore.
Washington is a smooth, half shady, rather handsome town, but not impressive after New York and Boston, London, Edinburgh, etc. The Capitol dome is not so very grand looking from the outside, but magnificent as seen standing beneath it,-many fine paintings, statues, etc. Also went through the White House - rather nice dwelling, but not at all awfully so.
Johnson's industry and pluck [are] (is) boundless. Perkins says that on his way here he met J. P. Irish, who began a violent attack on me for misrepresenting him in Yosemite affairs. Perkins says he stood up for me and was at a loss to account for Irish's violence. Evidently he had been disappointed in his political hopes and was blaming Johnson and me for doing much against him. His influence here is not great.
Love to the babies and all.
Ever yours.
J. M.
Location
Washington, [D. C.]
Date Original
1893 Sep 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1893 Sep 30." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1006.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1006
Resource Identifier
muir07_1383-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1383
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
