Creator
Emma Shafter Howard
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[Rough draft of letter]
[Sept., 1900].
My dear Mrs. H[oward]:
I would gladly go to Tamalpais and a thousand times farther to stay the ruthless destruction of [the] forests you refer to. But, alas, all land thereabouts is private property, and what more can I do in the way of protest and efforts to make public opinion for the defense of the trees than I am doing? I am now at work on a book on the forest parks and reservations which I hope to get out soon.
I hope, however, that a block of redwoods may yet be saved for a public park, and will be glad to accept the invitation of your boys to take a trip with that object in view at the first opportunity I can find.
[John Muir]
02724
Location
Oakland, Calif.
Date Original
1900 Sep 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Howard, Emma Shafter, "Letter from Emma Shafter Howard to John Muir, 1900 Sep 13." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4305.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4305
Resource Identifier
muir11_0353-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0353
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
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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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
