Creator
Gifford Pinchot
Recipient
W. Schlich
Transcription
Biltmore, N.C.
June 19, 1893.
Dear Dr. Schlich,
It give me very great pleasure to introduce to you Mr. John Muir, through whose efforts about one half of the Sierra Nevada in California has been reserved, to become later on a regularly managed government forest. You will find, as I have done, a store of scientific observation open to you through him which rests upon an unparalled
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acquaintance with the [illegible] and I am confident that Mr. Muir's conclusions about the cause of the distribution of the Sequoia and the influence of fire in the distribution of the western forests, among many other things, will have for you the keenest interest. I can only recommend him to the hospilality which I have so delightfully experienced myself. With best regards to Mrs Schlich,
Very sincerely yours,
Gifford Pinchot.
Location
Biltmore, N. C.
Date Original
1893 Jun 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Pinchot, Gifford, "Letter from Gifford Pinchot to W. Schlich, 1893 Jun 19." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 936.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/936
Resource Identifier
muir07_1110-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1110
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
