Creator
Arthur Elston
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
FEb 17 05
My dear Mr Muir:
I appreciate, more than I can tell, your book and autograph. Recession Bill has done some good this early when it brings me under your notice to receive such a kind favor.
As you probably know the bill comes up
03519
[3]
$300,000 hotel bill. It went through more as a salve for [Curtin?] than for any other reason. With best regards, I am,
Gratefully yours,
Arthur Elston
Sacramento,
Feb 17th, 1905
[2]
next Tuesday on special order. Belshaw has been out of town for the last two days, and there is very little gossip around. Lukens is still noncommital, but I believe he will vote all right. I can see no discouraging signs to date, notwithstanding the passage by the Senate of [Curtin?]
Location
Sacramento [Calif.]
Date Original
1905 Feb 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 24 cm.
Recommended Citation
Elston, Arthur, "Letter from Arthur Elston to John Muir, 1905 Feb 17." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3248.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3248
Resource Identifier
muir15_0202-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0202
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
