Creator
Helen Leach Reed
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
74 Huntington Ave.,
Boston, Feb. 2, '95.
Mr. John Muir,
Dear Sir:
Your reputation as a naturalist, and the fact that I have just read with interest your Century communication on forest preservation induces me to trouble you with this letter.
I own 160 acres of redwood land in Mendocino Co. about 10 miles east of Point Arena. I bought it in 1886, hoping at some time to sell it to some mill. I find it very hard, however, to get any satisfactory information from California, 1, as to whether redwood land is in general danger from people who would cut down trees not belonging to them; 2, as to whether such land has a prospective value large enough to warrant my paying taxes and holding it indefinitely. If you could refer me to any reliable person in San Francisco or Ukiah who could inform me about this I should be greatly obliged. Or I should be glad to hear of any pamphlets or maps published in California dealing with the redwood region. Begging that you will not answer unless perfectly convenient,
Very truly,
Helen Leach Reed
Location
Boston [Mass]
Date Original
1895-02-02
Source
Original letter dimensions: 15 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Reed, Helen Leach, "Letter from Helen Leach Reed to John Muir, 1895 Feb 2." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6988.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6988
Resource Identifier
muir08_0811-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0811
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
