Creator

[Robert] U[nderwood] Johnson

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

J

[letterhead]

Feb. 24, 1905

Dear Muir:

Sound the loud timbrel! Hurray for you! Yosemite is saved, and the Lord must be happier.
I have just received your telegram on my return from a public dinner in Philadelphia, and am dee-lighted! I had begun to lose heart and fear that the machinations of the devilish [illegible] and its petition might prevail over the sons of Light.
I congratulate you with all my heart, my dear Muir, for you

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have been the heart - the fons et origo - of this movement in which you have been so ably supported. I'll send a word to Mr. Colby.
Do you remember that when we got up our scheme for the Yosemite National Park that night on the upper Tuolumne we said, "If the State Authorities dont take care of the old grant we can have it merged in the new park" - that was in 1889 and you have been working for this result for many years. It has been a slow victory, but a great one. I rejoice with you, my dear Muir, with all my heart.

Faithfully yours,

R. U. Johnson.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

Location

New York

Date Original

1905 Feb 24

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir15_0246-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 15, Image 0246

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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

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