Creator
Andrew P. Hill
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
OFFICERS
President
ANDREW P. HILL
Vice-President
MRS. W. C. KENNEDY
Secretary
ALEX. p. MURGOTTEN
Fin. Secty.
MRS. A. T. HERRMANN
Treasurer
LEWIS A. SPITZER
"Save the Redwoods"
Sempervirens Club of California
(Incorporated)
DIRECTORS
MRS. LOVELL WHITE
MRS. A. P. HILL
MRS. W. C. KENNEDY
MRS. A. T. HERRMANN
W. W. RICHARDS
A. M. FREE
A. P. MURCOTTEN
L. A. SPITZER
A. P. HILL
J. Z. ANDERSON
W. D. I. HAMBLY
Prof. John Muir.
Martinez,
Calif.
San Jose, California March 18,1908.
Dear Sir:
I write to informs you that you are appointed a member of a committee to meet at Stanford University on Monday, March 23rd, at ten A. M. The object veing to meet with the State Board of Forestry and discuss the cutting of the redwood trees in the California Redwood Park, giving your views as to the future policy of the care of the park. If it shall remain a forest primeval, or be forested in a scientific way by the felling of such trees through its area as a forester any determine to be detrimental to the rest of the trees.
Very sincerely yours,
[Illegible]
Pres. Sempervirens Club of
California.
P. S. If you could care and help us in your own quiet way, I think the words you might speak would help to preserve one place on earth as a primeval spot. We need you now. Hill
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Location
San Jose, Calif.
Date Original
1908 Mar 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hill, Andrew P., "Letter from Andrew P. Hill to John Muir, 1908 Mar 18." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5326.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5326
Resource Identifier
muir17_0341-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0341
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
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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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
