Creator
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
Jamaica Plain,Mass.,January 26,1899
My dear Muir:
I return your letter and newspaper cut.It sounds monstrous these superintendents(did you ever hear the name of one of them?) holding a solemn conclave to allow the destruction of.the Washington forests at the rate of $5.00 per thousand sheep.What are we going to do about it?Clearly it is time to begin another crusade,but who has the time and strength to do it and what good is coming out of it all? I confess I feel discouraged.I am ready, however,to do what I can if you will suggest some way by which the administration can be made to realize the short-sightedr folly of its methods.Of course Pinchot and his gang are largely responsible for this condition of things.I hope they realize it.
Faithfully yours,C.S.[illegible]
John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cal.
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Date Original
1899 Jan 26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Charles Sprague, "Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1899 Jan 26." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2346.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2346
Resource Identifier
muir10_0639-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0639
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
