Creator
Warren Olney
Recipient
Joseph Mc Kenna
Transcription
(COPY-Original sent to Warren Olney)
101 Sansome St.,
San Francisco, Cal.,
Feb. 9, 1897.
Judge Joseph McKenna,
Dear Sir:
It was evident last evening that our friend Mr. John Muir was full of the subject nearest his heart, for you were there, and it reminded him that much of the good work done of late years, in the matter of preserving portions of our wonderful mountain countries for public parks, has been done by the last three successive Secretaries of the Interior - General Noble, Hoke Smith and Mr. Francis. Mr. Muir has largely been instrumental in suggesting the lines along which so much has already been done. He is now specially interested in the matter of carrying out the suggestions of the Forestry Commission, a body of eminent men appointed during Hoke Smith's administration, and which have lately been diligently at work, and are about ready to report.
I take the liberty of sending you herewith a copy of the Sierra Club Bulletin for January 1896, which contains an address of Mr. Muir's. Begin at page 272 and see if my statement that he is a poet is not justified.
Truly yours,
WARREN OLNEY
06184
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1897 Feb 9
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Olney, Warren, "Letter from Warren Olney to Joseph Mc Kenna, 1897 Feb 9." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2139.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2139
Resource Identifier
muir09_0707-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0707
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
Copyright status unknown
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.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
