Creator
John Muir
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Transcription
WESTERN UNION
NIGHT LETTER
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
The WESTERN UNION BUILDING, 195 Broadway, N. Y.
MARTINEZ CALIF NOV 20-1913
[illegible]EVER SINCE I HEARD OF THE [illegible] NEWYORK MEETING IHAVE GLORIED IN IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINIONMOST WORTHY OF RESPECT IN THE HETCH HETCHY BILLTHE FATE OF ALL OUR NATIONAL PARKS IS AT STAKE.THEY WERE CREATED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, TOBE ENJOYED GENERATION AFTER GENERATION SO LONG AS OUR GOVERNMENT ENDURS. NEVER FOR A MOMENT SINCE THE LONG BATTLE FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PARKS BEGAN HAVE I FEARED DEFEAT AFTER THE PEOPLE WERE AROUSED TO ACTION FROM ALL THE COUNTRY FAR AND NEAR COME GOOD TIDINGS.THE WOMENS CLUBS, ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, HAVE COME TO OUR HELP REJOICE, BE OF GOOD CHEER, AND FIGHT TO A TRIUMPHANT FINISH.
JOHN MUIR.607AM
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1913 Nov 20
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson, 1913 Nov 20." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4168.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4168
Resource Identifier
muir21_1006-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 1006
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
