Creator
Arthur Bird
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Colonie Dalilem
Germany.
Mr. John Muir.
San Francisco.
My dear Sir.
Thanks for sending me the Hetch-Hetchy notices. I sincerely wish you success in your energetic endeavors to save for our Country a jewel second to none in the world. It would be an everlasting National disgrace and outrage to allow industry or private interests, in any shape whatsoever, to touch either stone or tree in that priceless valley.
Those who entertain for a moment the mere thought are indeed pitiful creatures, but those who actually support such flagrant sacrilege are nothing less than rank traitors and ought to be nailed to the fladpole on the nearest public common.
05655
Believe me to be
Yours most sincerely
Arthur Bird
Location
Colonie Dal[I]ew ?] Germany
Circa Date
[1913]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Bird, Arthur, "Letter from Arthur Bird to John Muir, [ca. 1913]." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4206.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4206
Resource Identifier
muir21_1138-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 1138
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
Copyright status unknown
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
