Creator
C[harles] S. Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 10, 1897.My dear Muir:
Stiles, the editor of Garden arid Forest, a whose political judgment I have much confidence, says. – “Of course you want to make a public opinion as fast as possible and if you can jet into California papers an idea of your purposes, showing that they are not revolutionary and not hostile to the interests of the western people, and disseminate this through the west as quickly as possible, you will do a good thing.”
You understand what our views are -- that they are not revolutionary -- and you pan certainly help more than any one else in instructing the west about the intentions of the Commission. I have not seen yet a California paper with anything about the President's proclamations and have no idea what you and your friends are accomplishing oil your side of the continent. In next week's Garden and Forest there will be an account of what has been going on in Congress and a brief outline of what ought to be done to secure the best results from the reservations. It is pretty evident to me that we are going to lose the outcome of all our work and that the reservations are going to be thrown open unless a [illegible] fire can be set in the west to check the [illegible] condemnation which our action seems to have called for.
02256
ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 2
I hope you will write me frequent about the situation which troubles me very much.
Your very truly,
C. S. [illegible]
John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cal.
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Date Original
1897 Mar 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Charles Sprague, "Letter from C[harles] S. Sargent to John Muir, 1897 Mar 10." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2211.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2211
Resource Identifier
muir09_0785-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0785
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
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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
