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Edward Henry Harriman, John Muir Jan 1911

Edward Henry Harriman, John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Edward Henry Harriman BY JOHN muir Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1918 ┬╗A7tf Edward Henry Harriman k F ALL the great builders ΓÇö the famous doers of things in this busy world ΓÇö none that I know of more ably and manfully did his appointed work than my friend Edward Henry Harriman. He was always ready and able. The greater his burdens, the more formidable the obstacles looming ahead of him, the greater was his enjoyment. He fairly revelled in heavy dynamical work and went about it naturally and unweariedly like glaciers making landscapes, cutting canyons through …

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The Kingdom Of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch, George Passman Tate Jan 1911

The Kingdom Of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch, George Passman Tate

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An account of Afghanistan, the races, tribe and their relationship with their neighboring countries. The map of Afghanistan included in this book is intended as a key to the positions of the more important localities mentioned in the text and the country situation with its neighbors.

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Power Of Governor-General To Expel Resident Aliens From Insular Territory Of The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1911

Power Of Governor-General To Expel Resident Aliens From Insular Territory Of The United States, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

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In the case of Forbes et al. v. Chuoco Tiaco, decided by the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands July 30, 1910, 8 Off. Gaz., p. 1778, some of the most interesting, important, and fundamental questions were presented and determined for the time being, but not settled, it is reasonably safe to say until passed upon by the Supreme Court of the United States. The questions involved were whether the Governor General of the Philippine Islands has the power to expel resident Chinese aliens without a hearing or an opportunity to be heard, and whether the Governor, if he exceeded …

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The Liberty Boys' Island Retreat, Or, Fighting With The Swamp Fox, Harry Moore Dec 1910

The Liberty Boys' Island Retreat, Or, Fighting With The Swamp Fox, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Letter From S. Hall Young To John Muir, 1910 Aug 16., S. Hall Young Aug 1910

Letter From S. Hall Young To John Muir, 1910 Aug 16., S. Hall Young

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Cordova, Alaska, August 16th, 1910.Mr. John Muir,Los Angeles, California;My dear Friend;- Yours of the 4th inst. came by the last mail and I answer by return boat. I am very sorry you cannot see your way clear to come and see the Miles and Childs Glaciers this season. From all the data I can gater I am satisfied that this is an exceptional season with them. There was a tremendous snow-fall last winter and the glaciers, especially Childs, is coming forward very rapidly. It is pushing the Copper River over to the opposite bank in spite of the high water …

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Letter From S. Hall Young To John Muir, 1910 Jun 14., S. Hall Young Jun 1910

Letter From S. Hall Young To John Muir, 1910 Jun 14., S. Hall Young

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Cordova, Alaska;June 14th, 1910.John Muir, Martinez, Cal.,My dear Friend,Yours of May 31st came by the last steamer and I reply by its return. I am sincerely sorry if I made a mistake in the facts of the climb. I aimed to be absolutely truthful in the story as far as my memory goes. And still, while acknowledging that you must be correct in the matter of our not crossing the glacier on the way up because--well, because you are you, I cannot make my recollection of it come other than as I told it. You should have felt at liberty …

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The Liberty Boys And Major Davie, Or, Warm Work In The Mecklenburg District, Harry Moore Jun 1910

The Liberty Boys And Major Davie, Or, Warm Work In The Mecklenburg District, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Pacific Weekly, April 26, 1910, University Of The Pacific Apr 1910

Pacific Weekly, April 26, 1910, University Of The Pacific

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Pacific Weekly, April 19, 2010, University Of The Pacific Apr 1910

Pacific Weekly, April 19, 2010, University Of The Pacific

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Pacific Weekly, April 12, 1910, University Of The Pacific Apr 1910

Pacific Weekly, April 12, 1910, University Of The Pacific

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Letter From Henry F[Airfield] Osborn To Robert J.Collier, 1910 Apr 6., Henry Fairfield Osborn Apr 1910

Letter From Henry F[Airfield] Osborn To Robert J.Collier, 1910 Apr 6., Henry Fairfield Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

copy6 April,1910,br>My dear Mr. Collier:I have recently been staying California with John Muir and got into the Yosemite although I was unable to enter the Hetch Hetchy. I regret to [say?] that your attacks on Secretary Ballinger [include?] his attitude in the Hetch Hetchy matter, which I believe to be entirely correct and patriotic. I am convinced by Mr. Muir and by the recent report of my friend Director George Otis Smith of the U. S, Geological Survey that the appropriation of the Hetch Hetchy valley for reservoir purposes by the city of San Francisco is totally unnecessary and …

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Letter From John Muir To [Katharine] Hooker, 1910 Mar 4., John Muir Mar 1910

Letter From John Muir To [Katharine] Hooker, 1910 Mar 4., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Mar. 4, 1910-Dear Mrs HookerI'll gladly try to accept your invitation for Mar 12th. I've forgotten the new name of the Willard St. Cars. Please send it, else I may land in the dark forlorn in Marian's Hospital.Hope this fine spring weather has abolished all grippe noises. Have about finished correction of a lot of muddled M. S. Ever faithfully affectionately yrs. John Muir

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Pacific Weekly, January 25, 1910, University Of The Pacific Jan 1910

Pacific Weekly, January 25, 1910, University Of The Pacific

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Pacific Weekly, January 11, 1910, University Of The Pacific Jan 1910

Pacific Weekly, January 11, 1910, University Of The Pacific

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John Muir, Nature Love, Here. 'Praying In Woods Saves Men.' Veteran Friend Of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing And Climbing At 72; Engaged On New Books Now., John Muir Jan 1910

John Muir, Nature Love, Here. 'Praying In Woods Saves Men.' Veteran Friend Of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing And Climbing At 72; Engaged On New Books Now., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

OUTlZ LOS ANGELES EXAMINEE John Muir, Nature Lover, Here "Praying in John Muir, at the Home of J. T>. Hooker. 1 Veteran Friend of Forests Still Busies Himself With Writing and Climbing at 72; Engaged on New Books Now John Muir is a guest at the home of J. D. Hooker of this city. Mr. Muir is reckoned as much a part of California as the mountains, glaciers and forests which he has, through love of nature, made the objects of his life Γûá woi;k. He visited the Tosemite Valley forty- two years ago, and later drew for the …

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Letter From Joseph B. Gilder To John Muir, 1909 Dec 29., Joseph B. Gilder Dec 1909

Letter From Joseph B. Gilder To John Muir, 1909 Dec 29., Joseph B. Gilder

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

JOSEPH B. GILDEREDITORJEANNETTB L. GLLDERASSOCIATE EDITORPUTNAM'S MAGAZINENO 27 WEST 23D STNEW YORKDec. 29th, 1909.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Calif.Dear Mr. Muir:I wonder if it would be possible for you to let us have a brief paper on John Burroughs? It seems to me he has reached an age, and a decree of distinction, which would quite justify the printing in such a magazine as this of a paper on his relations to the study of nature, the correct information he has disseminated, the attractiveness of his literary style and the charm of his personality. And the conjunction of your name with his …

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Pacific Weekly, November 23, 1909, University Of The Pacific Nov 1909

Pacific Weekly, November 23, 1909, University Of The Pacific

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Pacific Weekly, October 19, 1909, University Of The Pacific Oct 1909

Pacific Weekly, October 19, 1909, University Of The Pacific

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Letter From [Francis J. Garrison ?] To John Muir, 1909 Jul 31., Francis J. Garrison Jul 1909

Letter From [Francis J. Garrison ?] To John Muir, 1909 Jul 31., Francis J. Garrison

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

wrote you on the 12th inst. regarding certain corrections in "Our National Parks" which seemed advisable for accuracy.Yours very truly,[illegible]444July 31, 1909.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Cal.Dear Mr. Muir:The enclosed check for $36,39 is in payment for your proportion of the material in the volume "In American Fields and Forests" about which we recently wrote you. we are paying you at the same rate (15%) which we do on your "National Parks" for the material we used. The Reading Circle edition about which we wrote you, and which has been folly arranged for, has not yet been delivered, and so will not …

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Letter From F[Rancis] J. Garrison To John Muir, 1909 Jul 12., Francis J. Garrison Jul 1909

Letter From F[Rancis] J. Garrison To John Muir, 1909 Jul 12., Francis J. Garrison

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET BOSTONJv&y 12, 1909.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Calif.Dear Mr. Muir:We are in receipt of your favor of the 1st inst., in which you say that you have decided to make no further change or addition in the park book, but will include in the Yo Semite book which you now have on the stocks whatever you may wish to say regarding recent changes. There are a few points, however, in which the present volume seems to require slight corrections to bring it up to date and to conform to present facts, and we understood from Mr. Gleason …

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The Pacific Pharos, Commencement Issue 1909, Students Of The University Of The Pacific May 1909

The Pacific Pharos, Commencement Issue 1909, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

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Letter From [Mrs.] Bille W. Brace To John Muir, 1909 Mar 18., Mrs. Bille W. Brace Mar 1909

Letter From [Mrs.] Bille W. Brace To John Muir, 1909 Mar 18., Mrs. Bille W. Brace

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]been supplied by the reporter.May I ask if this [Supposition?] is correct?Very Respectfully yours(Mrs) Bille W. Brace.March 18/09.[1][letterhead]Mr John MuirDear SirPardon the liberty taken in addressing you, an entire stranger.- To explain the reason for04461 [3]are upon my list of valued periodicals,- both deal with people, - (with supposed facts concerning them) of note. It reads very much in Human Life, as though fiction of a decidedly fellow here, had[2]my so doing, allow me to call your attention to Page 11357 of The World Work for March, and also Page 23 of Human Life for the same month. Both publications

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Three Days With John Muir. Conversations With The Man Who Has A Most Intimate Knowledge Of Nature. . . ., John Muir Mar 1909

Three Days With John Muir. Conversations With The Man Who Has A Most Intimate Knowledge Of Nature. . . ., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

-Vf\M&v.d6\hMTkj V.HnosS Marti Of THREE DAYS WITH JOHN MUIR ┬½3S5 agreed to remit a part of its charges to the railroad, so we had cases where the Standard paid a rebate to the railroad instead of the reverse ΓÇö but I do not remember having hear35┬░ THREE DAYS WITH JOHN MUIR millions of years, without one hitch or one mistake, the development of beauty that has made every microscopic particle of matter perform its function in harmony with every other in the universe ΓÇö that such a plan is the blind product of an unthinking abstraction. No; somewhere, before evolution …

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The Liberty Boys' Threat, Or, Doing As They Said, Harry Moore Feb 1909

The Liberty Boys' Threat, Or, Doing As They Said, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co, 1909 Feb 7., John Muir Feb 1909

Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co, 1909 Feb 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

449Martinez, Feb. 7, 1909.Messrs Houghton & Co.Dear Sirs:I corrected & returned the last proof sheets of Stickeen the same day They were received.I don't like the title as above. I think it should read "Stickeen, the story of a dog". or Stickeen, the story of a dog & a glacier"Faithfully yoursJohn Muir[NPW?]-3

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The Pacific Pharos, February, 1909, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Feb 1909

The Pacific Pharos, February, 1909, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

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[Cover Letter, Nov. 1909.], John Muir Jan 1909

[Cover Letter, Nov. 1909.], John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

w H ┬º w in O I* w & S s> 1-1 o 0 a w l-l < > a o H w a a u w a LET EVERYONE HEIP TO SAVE THE FAMOUS HETCH- HETCHY VALLEY AND STOP THE COMMERCIAL DESTRUCTION WHICH Γûá,.' THREATENS OUR NATIONAL PARKS 1 To the American Public: The famous Hetch-Hetchy Valley, next to Yosemite the most wonderful and important feature of our Yosemite National Park, is again in danger of being destroyed. Year after year attacks have been made on this Park under the guise of development of natural resources. At the last regular session …

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The Endangered Valley: The Hetch-Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir Jan 1909

The Endangered Valley: The Hetch-Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

LET EVERYONE HELP WMM-THE E&MOUS HETCH HETCHtaEALI,EYi ANii STOP THE COMMERCIAL DESTRUCTION WHICH THREATENS OUR NATIONAL PARKS To the American Public: The famous Hetch-Hetchy Valley, next to Yosemite the most wonderful and important feature of our Yosemite National Park, is again in danger of being destroyed. Year after year attacks have been made on this .Park under the guise of development of ..natural resources. At the last regular session of Congress the most determined attack of all was made by the City of San Francisco to get possession of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley as a reservoir site, thus defrauding ninety millions …

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The Liberty Boys In Canvas Town, Or, The Worst Place In Old New-York, Harry Moore Dec 1908

The Liberty Boys In Canvas Town, Or, The Worst Place In Old New-York, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Nov 5 ., Helen Muir Nov 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Nov 5 ., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Cal. Nov. 5 - 1908Dear Papa -I received you last letter and was so glad to know all was going well. I have signed the paper Mr Tinning sent me. We are all just the same here, and the two families send kind regards to you, and always ask for you.I am well and cheerful and am enjoying the beautiful weather we are having just now. I am going up town now to look after those grapes. And by the way, the Agent here looked up the rate and says that the 85 cent charge is correct, so 50 …

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