Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
327 LEXINGTON AVENUENEW YORKFebruary 5. 1914.Dear Muir:I thank you heartily for your lovely letter just received.I'm sorry you've been ill, and I cant bear to think of you all alone in that big house when you are not well. But its good news that you are better.We are going to have a fine meeting of the Academy here November 18 - 21 next. I hope you can come to it.Col. Harvey prints in the February N. A. Review the Phelan side of the Hetch Hetchy controversy. I've told him he didn't know what05700
he was talking about: Hetch Hetchy 30 miles from Yosemite! the bill passed unanimously by the House! etc. I broke my rule and wrote him a (private) letter about the article & referred him to my reply to Pinchot. I'll bet he didn't write the article himself.This fight has had one happy result for me, my dear Muir. It has brought us even nearer together and revealed to us more clearly the affection we have for each other. We must take care of ourselves and prolong our days as much as possible. May the Creator of beautiful Hetch Hetchy guard you and con[illegible]d [His?] enemies. I wish I had "the harp of David, [illegible] of the Lord" as I call him to sing or I should of the Lost Valley. This getting three meals a day is my first duty. Always your faithful and attached friendR. U. Johnson
Location
New York
Date Original
1914 Feb 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood, "Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1914 Feb 5." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6491.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6491
Resource Identifier
muir22_0145-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0145
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
