Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
Martinez Cal. July 14. 1891
My Dear Johnson
The Robinson sketches for the Kings R Yosemite were nearly finished when I saw them a week ago. I wanted him to change one of them somewhat but fear he will not for he is stubborn in his ways as a [illegible]. The Yosemite M S. is being [ground?] out slowly.. I am interrupted a hundred times a day. The map I send herewith is only approximately true, but rough as it is it has called for much hard work As far as I know this is the only map of the Kings Yosemite in existence. You will notice that the great rock or mountain at the head of the Valley
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which corresponds in rank & relative position with the Half Dome of Yosemite & which Robinson in the sketch made of it called “The White Woman”, I have named the Glacier Monument. Also Robinsons Mt Hutchings” I have named The Sphinx. while I have [placed?] Hutchings on a mountain on the north side of the Valley. I mean to go right on with the Alaska articles as soon as I get this Yosemite off my hands. I [think?] that you may safely announce them for next winter. I may possibly get to Alaska next year but I am not now
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so free as formerly. Since the death of my fatherinlaw I am wellnigh smothered in business. This 3d Yosemite article will I fear be a rough piece of writing. My stock of cliff & cascade adjectives are all used up, & I am too dull to invent new ones. Still it will have a good deal of topography & timber in it & may answer the purpose of a park argument. Heartily congratulating you upon your hard earned well-deserved honor. I am Ever
Cordially yours
John Muir —
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1891 Jul 14
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1891 Jul 14." (1891). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 93.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/93
Resource Identifier
muir07_0221-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0221
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
