Creator
R.B. Marshall
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]Washington D.C.April 21/1908My dear Mr MuirIt was a pleasure indeed to get your recent letter but I was more than grieved to know you had been ill - There is but one John Muir and every one hopes we may have him in health and happiness for many, many years to comeThe delay in not writing before - was because I hoped from time to time to hear something to tell you of your dear Hetch Hetchy - Mr Needham has been working hard to save the Valley but he informed me today that he feared San Francisco would winI do not know how to prevent it - I wish I did - all I can do is to suffer as so many lovers of the Valley must suffer in having a mill pond made where now lies one of the most beautiful garden Valleys in the world -Some how, I could not think your pleading would fail - the pleading of so many people - but San Francisco would not give up - I do hope however, that the Secretary will so restrict the privilege that the scheme will have to be abandoned -Mrs Marshall and the darling babies often04148 [2]talk of the delights we had when you were kind enough to visit us in Sacramento - The babies often get the books you sent them and ask "[Muggy?]" to read what Mr Muir says -.Please remember Mr Muir - that when ever you come near our home that then our home is Yours and you must come to us - even in Washington - where there are good hotels and The President You are still oursThe warmest friendship - more love I think, than friendship - to John Muir and his girls is always in our hearts - and we want to see you just as soon as you can come -SincerelyR.B MarshallGrant Bldg
Location
Washington, D. C.
Date Original
1908 Apr 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Marshall, R. B., "Letter from R.B. Marshall to John Muir, 1908 Apr 21." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5365.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5365
Resource Identifier
muir17_0441-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0441
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
