Creator
Gifford Pinchot
Recipient
Sir Dietrich Brandis
Transcription
Biltmore, N.C.
June 19, 1893,
Dear Sir Dietrich,
It give me great pleasure to introduce to you Mr. John Muir, whose successful struggle for the reservation of about one-half of the western side of the Sierra Nevada has made him so well know to the friends of the forest in this country. Mr. Muir has made for himself opportunities of observation which have been used to give him a knowledge
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of the Sierra unapproached by anyone else, and I am confident that his intimate acquaintance with the Geology, Botany and Forestry of the region will be of very great interest to yourself. The great Muir glacier in Alaska was named for him. In the confident hope that Mr. Muir will meet with the same kindness at your hands for which I owe you such sincere thanks, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Gifford Pinchot
Location
Biltmore, N. C.
Date Original
1893 Jun 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Pinchot, Gifford, "Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Sir Dietrich Brandis, 1893 Jun 19." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 935.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/935
Resource Identifier
muir07_1106-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1106
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
