Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William H. Taft]
Transcription
[ca. Sep 1909](Copied from rough draft of letter, marked Y-9)Dear Mr. President:I'll gladly join you at Seattle on your Alaska trip, unless something not now in sight jumps up to prevent. You are just the man for the wild belligerent time you are having, and be assured you will win for you have all good citizens back of you, heart and soul, just as your predecessor had in the same sort of fights.We are having a hard battle with the money-mad Hetch Hetchy dammers, but by revoking that part of the Garfield grant relating to the Hetch Hetchy valley the enemy will be confounded and routed from the Yosemite park and all good people who hear the. good tidings will rise up in glad accord and call you and good Ballinger blessed. Giving the slightest hold on Hetch Hetchy to the San Francisco schemers was the one great mistake of the Roosevelt administration.Fervently, dear President, I pray that you may have the same divine good luck in these strenuous [days] that has always been yours in the past.Ever faithfully yours,J.M.04571
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1909 Sep]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [William H. Taft], [ca. 1909 Sep]." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5887.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5887
Resource Identifier
muir18_0782-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0782
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
