Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
Martinez, Aug. 16, 1899.
My dear Mr Johnson
I got back from Alaska more than a week ago but had to go to the Caliveras Grove of Big Trees with Pinchot & Dr Merriam on hearing that they were in danger of being sold & made into lumber. Mr Sperry who owns the grove & 3000 acres about it said that he had been offered $100,000 for 2000 acres but was not going to sell yet, & in any case he would let me know what his offer was before selling--So these northern Sequoias are all right as yet--Our Alaska trip was a grand affair & I wished almost every day that you had been with us. It was just what you needed in the way of rest, exercise, change & general healing & inspiration. John Burroughs enjoyed it immensely though he growled good naturedly all the way. I am sure you can get some good icy articles out of him. He wrote 2 beautiful poems on the Golden-Crowned sparrow & the Lapland Long spur which you should make haste to secure for the Century. Also I have tried to have Mr Harriman give him the job of writing the Narritive of the trip. It would I am sure make a fine series of articles for the maga.-& a charming book. Look after this with Mr Harriman & J. B.
I am now taking up the forest articles again for the Atlantic & hope to get through this year. It worries me when I think of the articles & books I have promised. Writing is the only sort of work that bothers & drags & wont get done. I wonder how you are coming through the N. Y. dogdays. Mrs. Muir has been far from well this summer. I hope your family is well
Ever cordially yours
John Muir
10028
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1899 Aug 16
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1899 Aug 16." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2427.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2427
Resource Identifier
muir10_0897-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0897
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
