Creator

R[obert] U[nderwood]

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

January 17th, 1897

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir:-

I thank you very much for your note about McAllister-, and also for the good news about the prospect of the Club taking up recession. 1 shall act upon your warning, and I shall also write a note to Senator Perkins to ask him about the parliamentary procedure in case recession should be favored in the Legislature. It is possible that a joint resolution of Congress will be necessary, declaring that in the event of recession of the Valley by the Legislature it should be merged into the National Park. Otherwise, California might recede and the Government not accept recession. This is a technical point to be considered.
I see that McKenna is thought to be slated for the Cabinet. If 1 remember right, Dr._ the gentleman you sent to me who owns the road in the park, said that McKenna was all right on Yosemite matters; but one never knows what the obligations of politics may induce an otherwise respectable man to do; and I suppose McKenna will have the portfolio of the Interior Department. It might be well, before long, for you to see him and talk with him a little on the general need

J. M. 2

and policy of forest preservation and its advantages to the State of California.

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Location

New York

Date Original

1897 Jan 17

Source

Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0631-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0631

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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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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