Creator

R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

J

June 14, 1898.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir,

Thanks for your note of the 8th of June.
I am sending to our friends in Washington all the information I can get about the invasion of the National Park. I was in Washington the last ten days of May and put in some licks for the Cleveland reservations. The impression there is that they are secure. The House will stand firmly against their abolition. The matter is now in conference on an amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill. Bliss protests that he is very strongly in favor of the reservations, but I fear that his zeal is in order to get some offices to distribute.
I have put the matter in the hands of the Civil-Service Reform Association here, who, if the appointments do not naturally fall under the classified service, will urge the president to so include them.
I wonder if you copy of ray ballad of "Dewey at Manila," which I intended to send you.
I presume you will not go to the Klondike this

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year. It would be just like you to sneak away to Manila when nobody was looking.
My wife and daughter are in Paris for the summer.[illegible] to follow.
With remembrances to Mrs. Muir and the children,

Faithfully yours,

R.U. Johnson.

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Location

New York

Date Original

1898 Jun 14

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir10_0201-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 10, Image 0201

Collection Identifier

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

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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

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.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

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

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