Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Colby
Transcription
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 13, 1911. 325 West Adams Street.My dear Mr. Colby:-Replying to your two important letters of February7th and 8th, I see that we have a lot of hard work on hand, but I thinkwith the help of all good people that we will still be able not onlyto preserve the integrity of our grand Yosemite Park but also to getthrough most of the legislation that you refer to. I have writtento all our representatives and our two senators, urging them to support the measures we want carried, and have sent out to friends all the cards you enclosed.I will do what I can when I meet Mr. Roosevelt, although I fear I will have comparatively little chance to discuss the matter with him. Still, I will at least be able to put him on his guard against the celebrated thieves and robbers we have been fighting so long.Helen and her little boy are in good happy health. I am very glad to hear that Keith's health is improving. Tell him to keep up courage and after weathering the winter, by getting out into the healing reviving mountains, not too high up, he will come out again with renewed strength.Possibly I may be able to,be with the party for a little while next summer, although I have so much on my hands I am unable
Wm. E. Colby. -2-to say anything very definite at present.With kindest regards to your family and all our faithful mountaineers. I am,Ever cordially yours,[illegible]
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1911 Feb 13
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1911 Feb 13." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6014.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6014
Resource Identifier
muir20_0109-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0109
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
