Creator

R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

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

February 6th, 1897

My dear Muir:-

The inclosed letter from Senator Perkins will interest you. Will you please consider it confidential, though it is not marked "personal". It seems to me that it is well for the friends of recession to know that the Senator is with us.

Yours Faithfully R. U. Johnson,

Mr. John Muir

Martinex, Cal.

02235

United States Senate,

WASHINGTON, D. C,

Feb 3d. 1897.

R.U. Johnson. Esq.,

"Century Magazine, New York City, N. Y.

My dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of yours of the 1st inst., relating to the transfer of the Yosemite Reservation to the United States, I agree with you perfectly with respect to the advisability of such action, but I am of the opinion that the State Legislature should take action before the matter is brought before Congress. I should not feel at liberty to bring the matter to the notice of the Senate unless authorized by the California Legislature. I therefore suggest that you write to Hon. Warren Olney, 101 Sansome St. San Francisco, who is a lawyer and a member of the "Sierra Club, and solicit his aid in securing proper action in California.

Yours very truly,

Geo [George] C. Perkins

02235

Location

New York

Date Original

1897 Feb 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0689-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0689

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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