Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
[1]
[in margin: [8?] [illegible] [in circle: 24]]
Martinez Dec. 20, 1893
My dear Mr Johnson.
You did just as you ought to do in devoting the few days you had for Chicago to Mrs Johnson & the great show. Only I expected to see you at least once more for a minute or two to press your hand again & pay my respects to Mrs Johnson. ere I took wing for home. I stayed about a week in Chicago, then went to Portage to see my mother & sisters, then to the Wisconsin University to see one of the old Professors - a friend of mine all these long years, - thence I
[2]
returned to Chicago & went home direct by way of the Santa Fee road. In Arizona our train was wrecked in a colision everybody well shaken, a few hurt but nobody killed I was not injured in the least At home I found all well excepting Mrs Strentzel, who is still quite poorly, but is getting better. I see by yesterdays paper that John P. J. has at length got an appointment - Naval Officer. If Mr Cleveland had only sent him as [illegible]ter to Queen Liliukalana & kept him there!
[3]
A committee of the Sierra club is investigating Yosemite matters, tree-cutting, the accounts of the commissioners etc. their report will probably not be handed in before May or June. Something must be done soon in forest matters if the sheep are to be kept out next year. My old friend Dr Gibbons of Alamada sent you a forest paper the other day. You can rely on his facts. & I hope you will give the article a good reading
[4]
my regards to Mrs Johnson Bud [Gilder?] - Happy New Year I'm still lost in wonder love & praise when I look back on your manifold kindnesses to your devoted friend.
John Muir
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1893 Dec 20
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1893 Dec 20." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1021.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1021
Resource Identifier
muir07_1441-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1441
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
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
