Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Transcription
on trip with U.S. Forest Commission
[letterhead]
[in margin: Mrs. Lukens & Mr. Jones [illegible] the little one I am ever Yrs John Muir]
Sep. 25th 1896
My dear Mr. Lukens
We have been up the San Bernardino Mts to Squirrel Inn & along the ridge & down by city creek canon - a fine instructive trip.
I am traveling with the U.S. Forestry Commission & have been nearly all summer inspecting forests in general, parks & reservations, the Commission was appointed by the National Academy of Sciences, at request of the Government & the members are Prof. C. S. Sargent chairman, Prof Brewer of Yale Dr. Arnold Hague, U.S. Geologist Alexander Agassiz, General Abbot U.S.A. & Gifford Pinchot
We are going to San Jacinto Mtns thence to the Grand Colorado Canon etc. Then I return home & expect to see you on the way with regards to
Location
San Bernardino, Calif
Date Original
1896 Sep 25
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1896 Sep 25." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 837.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/837
Resource Identifier
muir09_0412-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0412
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
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Owning Institution
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. 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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
