Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William C. Hendricks]
Transcription
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1419 Taylor St S.F. Feb 1st [1876]
Dear Senator.
I am again safe among my manuscript not the worse for my Sacramento speech. I send you herewith Mr Goodyears memorial Petetions etc on the revival of the old survey. There can no longer be any doubt concerning the kind of survey contemplated. Prof Whitney as you know was
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quite eager to secure a large approp[illegible]tion last session for the publication of the Vols. herein named. Having failed he now appears to be supporting Mr Goodyear on condition that he secure the publication of his books. In any case the new survey is to be simply a revival of the old in all its essential characters, & to be in reality conducted under the auspices, & for the purposes of the old ring. I rather like the appearance
[in margin: John Muir Feb 1 1876 Geological Survey]
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of Goodyear & am sorry that I cannot heartily cooperate with him in the development of the geology of our noble state. It seems to me that in ac= =cordance with the plan proposed by yourself The new geological survey should consist in a careful sounding & measuring of our material resources – Mines, Soils, Forests, & Waters, & a study of the means by which we may be enabled to make the most of them. Economic geology before palaentology – Minerals before fossils – Wheat
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& apples before Vegetable impression on stones. Not that Pal[illegible]ontology is beneath our attention but rather that in these pioneer times of plows & pick axes it is above it. Keith is well again & keenly appreciates your laborious & disinterested exertions in his behalf, & I have assured him that the exhibition of his picture in the Capital has been a great success, whether it finds itself in the Centenial Gallery or not, I am Ever Yours Cordially JM
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Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Circa Date
[1876] Feb 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [William C. Hendricks], [1876] Feb 1." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 332.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/332
Resource Identifier
muir03_0364-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0363
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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
California Historical Society. 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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
