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.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood, "Letter from [Robert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1905 Feb 24." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3265.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3265
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 Status
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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
