Creator

John E. Ratter

Creator

John E. Ratter

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Form 2138

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD

This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.

THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT

BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER

RECEIVED AT S. E. Cor. Pine and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco ALWAYS OPEN

C408CH MS 53 GOVT

WASHINGTON DC JUNE 24 1913

JOHN MUIR

SANFRANCISCO CAL

YOUR TELEGRAM IN RELATION TO THE HETCH HETCHY BILL AT HAND HEARINGS ON BILL COMMENCE TOMORROW ALL PARTIES DESIRING TO BE HEARD WILL BE HEARD BY COMMITTEE. HEARINGS WILL PROCEED UNTIL COMPLETED WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY OR ADJOURNMENT THEREFORE ALL INTERESTED SHOULD BE ON HAND

JOHN E RATTER M C

1204PM

05479

Location

Washington, D.C.

Date Original

1913 Jun 24

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0540-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0540

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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