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Business Review Of The City Of Spartanburg, J. E. Norment

Local History

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF SPARTANBURG CITY COUNCIL,
HON. ARCH B. CALVERT, MAYOR.

CHARLESTON, S. C. LUCAS & RICHARDSON CO., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 130 AND 132 EAST BAY.

1895.

Letter From Jeanne [C.] Carr To [John Muir], 1894 Dec 18., Jeanne C. Carr

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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which all liberal souls were invited with a dancing floor for the young under an enormous oak tree gay with lanterns; a favorite band hidden on the Bank of Arroyo See discoursing & other attractions. I took with me Ruth Ginner a little woman who as Ruth Burnett was in the Univ of Wis in your day; and a lovely lady with (well concealed) mediumistic powers. I, with no more intention or expectation of any occult proceedings than I have at this moment. It was a very gay & festive scene; the band playing & dancing in full swing …

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1894 Dec 11., Elliott Mcallister

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

LAW OFFICE OF ELLIOTT MCALLISTER 222 SANSOME STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, December 11, 1894.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

My dear Mr. Muir,-

I notice in this morning's "Examiner" that the Bill introduced by Mr. Caminetti for the changing of the boundaries of the Yosemite Park has been reported on favorably by the Committee on Public Lands. The published statement explained the Bill as giving the Secretary of the Interior the power to make the changes. Jt seems that we should know exactly the purport of this Bill at once and, therefore, J have sent a despatch to …

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1894 Dec 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez Dec. 6, 1894

My dear Johnson,

I hate this job of thrashing old straw--proving what has already been proved a thousand times--still as must be here goes.
Every good thing--every reservation in this world, public or private needs defense against thieves that walk in darkness or against lawyers that walk bravely forth in the light beneath the dome of the nation's capital. And so it is that no sooner are our forest reserves made for the good of all the people than they are subject to the attacks of lumbermen sheepmen & other selfish seekers of immediate mammon. …

Letter From [Richard Watson Gilder] To John Muir, 1894 Nov 9., Richard Watson Gilder

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Sf K N 18 Paid

RECEIVED at. Martinez, Calif.

11.30 AM. Nov 9, 1894. 189

Dated To

New York, Ny 9

John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

--0--

Send immediately five hundred words about need of forest preservation and Sargents plan for publication in interesting symposum.

Editor Century.

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Letter From R. U. J. [Robert Undewood Johnson] To John Muir, 1894 Oct 31., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

My Dear Johnson

I saw Joseffy a few days ago and he says he cannot possibly do that article on Tausig till after new year--if not later. He has been really ill, suffers constantly from insomnia, & has, as you know, been unable on that account to play in public for several years. My wife attends hi class every Tuesday, & we shall keep track of his condition & rope him in as soon as possible. But they are uncertain fellows, these musicians!
I have just finished reading Muir's "California Mountains," which I shall review for the Nation-Post. …

Letter From C[Harles] W[Alter] Carruth To John Muir, 1894 Oct 30., Charles Walter Carruth

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

Oct. 30 1894

Dear Mr. Muir:

I am very glad to see that your book is out at last. Congratulate you upon the appearance of your first independent volume. Wish it were the last of a dozen, as it should be. It is too bad that so much splendid literary material as you have accumulated should be entirely unpublished or in unavailable back volumes of newspapers, etc. I trust that the demand for this volume will lead to the publishing

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of your Alaska letters. Nearly all of the material in this volume was familiar to me, …

Letter From Mrs. Lydia Muir Johnson To John Muir, 1894 Sep 9., Lydia Muir Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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time and talents, to the world, thereby benefitting mankind in many ways, sacrificing, perhaps, countless hours of ease & comfort, undergoing dangers, appalling to think of, with no other thought than to enlarge the scope of the world's knowledge & literature; while this John Muir, spends his life, in personal enjoyment spending his money (of which he and his brother James, have a large portion) solely for his own pleasure, denying himself nothing that can add to his ease and comfort, the brotherhood of Humanity, being to him, an unknown quantity. I am too old a woman, (nearly 60) …

Letter From Mrs. Lydia Muir Johnson To John Muir, 1894 Aug 10., Lydia Muir Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Father's early death, he became the support of his widowed mother, and her young children. Arriving at manhood, he married a Virginia girl, who brought him a beautiful face, like that of "Mary Queen of Scotts," and made his life so bright with the sunshine of her presence, that when Death claimed her, he might have had written on his heart "sacred to the memory of my wife." My father was engaged in the Hardware business, and was a great Whig, a supporter of Henry Clay, and his personal friend. He was mayor of his native city, Alexandria, Va. …

Letter From John Muir To [Margeret Lunam], 1894 Aug 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

to say. I have been at home all summer reading proof of the book & writing a little. The last of the galley proofs I sent to New York two weeks ago. So it is now done, & will appear in the fall. The Alaska articles for the magazine have been delayed in publication they will probably appear about the same time as the book
I hope you are now getting the rest of Picturesque California.
I am glad your church is likely to be restored now. With love to Maggie & kind regards to Mrs. Kelley whose nice long …

Letter From Gifford Pinchot To John Muir, 1894 May 23., Gifford Pinchot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

GIFFORD PINCHOT,

CONSULTING FORESTER,

NEW YORK.

UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING,

FOURTH AVE. AND 22D ST.

May 23rd, 1894.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Dear Mr. Muir:

I hope you do not mind typewritten letters. If you do please let me know and I will send you no more of them. But as it is so such easier to write this way I fall into it on all occasions. I am just up from the south, where your letter reached me, and have been in the woods for something over three weeks. In a very small way I have tried your plan …

Letter From W. T. Reid To [John Muir], 1894 May 19., W. T. Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

May 19, 1894

Dear Sir:

At the late called meeting of those interested in the plan of a summer resort at Lake Tahoe it was voted as probably the most equitable and satisfactory way of disposing of the 45 acres that have been bought for the colony;
1st, to sell lots outright, with no restrictions & no obligations upon the buyer save that he is not to sell again except to a person who has been admitted to the association by un[an]imous consent. If any co-operative plan is adopted membership in it is wholly voluntary.
2nd, to have a …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1894 May 17., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

May 17th, 1894.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

My dear Muir:-

I have been so overcrowded with work of different kinds - some of it in the office, and a good deal of it outside - that I have not been able to write you (pro forma) in regard to your article on the Discovery of Glacier Bay. The fact is he have been expecting before this to get it into the magazine; but other imperative things have kept it out. We did expect to get it into the July or …

Letter From M[Ary] L. Swett To John Muir, 1894 May 7., Mary L. Swett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hill Girt, May 7, 1894

Dear John Muir

If you knew how many times today the thought has pleasantly recurred to me that you have got a book finished and sent east you would admit my right to take a front rank among congratulatory friends.
I have talked it over with john Lewett and with your sister--Mrs. Reid--She says there are five to follow which is good news for the reading public.
I mean to buy two copies:

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one for myself and one for that cousin of mine in Lynn who is an admirer of your writings. I am …

Letter From Frank H. Scott To John Muir, 1894 Apr 28., Frank H. Scott

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Frank H. Scott. Prest.
Chas. F. Chichester. Treas.
William W. Ellsworth, Secretary.

April 28, 1894

My dear Mr. Muir:-

I herewith enclose an agreement in duplicate covering the publication of your book, "The Mountains of California," which is made out in our usual form. As stated in my last letter, we do not think it necessary or desirable to avail ourselves of your kind suggestion to guarantee us against loss, but as it is usual and generally most satisfactory to adjust such matters by a modification of the royalty we have made this five per cent on the first 2000 …

1894 Mar 14 C H Hittell To Jm P1, Catherine H. Hittell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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March 14th 1894

Dear friend Mr. Muir,

Some months ago when I had the pleasure of meeting you at Mrs. John Vance Cheney’s house I heard you make a most eloquent defense of nearly all Nature’s lower creations even including the noxious rattle snake. That speech of yours gives me the courage to write to you asking your help to save the meadow larks. The markets are full of the poor plucked bodies of those beautiful songsters. (At most of the French restaurants, at present, a dish

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of larks is one of the principal entrees. Now …

Letter From Elliiott Mcallist To John Muir, 1894 Mar 12., Elliiott Mcallist

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

March 12th 1894

My dear Mr. Muir

The Sierra Club should arrange for a public meeting early in April--& I read of the presence of Prof. Sargent on the coast. Do you think he could give us a talk on the subject of forests or something kindred - All this but just occurred to me & I write for your suggestions as to Prof. Sargent & to a meeting in general & whether you have any suggestions as to who culd be called on.

Yours truly

Elliot McAllister

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[in margin: Could we have a Directors meeting next Saturday?]

Letter From C[Harles] W[Alter] Carruth To John Muir, 1894 Feb 18., Charles Walter Carruth

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Feb. 18 1894

Dear Mr. Muir:

Remittance received. Many thanks. Trust and think you will find the pamphlets all right.
I am delighted to hear that you are at work on a book. If not preseumption on my part I would be glad to know what it is to be and who puts it out (I do not mean extinguishes it--that would be an impossibility once it is "out") When you have it finished and want to try the effect of it upon the public, let me know and i will be glad to come up and pass the …

Letter From C[Harles] W[Alter] Carruth To John Muir, 1894 Jan 9., Charles Walter Carruth

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jan. 9 1894

Dear Mr. Muir:

I send by this mail proofs of the list of published writings. It will all print on a 4-page leaflet without crowding. Trust that you will find the style of composition satisfactory. Any rearrangement, such as placing the Tribune letters in just preceding the other newspaper letters, instead of heading the list as a present can be done very readily.
If you have the essay that you contemplated reprinting ready, would be pleased to receive it.
If you have the dates on which your new articles for the The Century

will appear, would …

Letter From Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore To John Muir, 1894 Jan 7., Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

January 7th 1894

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Muir,

Just after meeting you I received word of the appointment of the Sierra Club's committee.
I [enclose?] you a copy of the bill drawn up by Major Po[m?]le--cut by the same pattern as the one by which the Yellowstone was made. Prof. F[illegible]'s bill has a hearing this week. We grant that much courtesy, but wait no longer. There will probably be hearings before the Senate Committee on Public Lands and then we hope that our scientists [etc?] will come down heavy with arguments.
I hope you will make Mr. Johnson …

Letter From Frank H. Scott To John Muir, 1894 Jan 4., Frank H. Scott

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE CENTURY CO
PUBLISHERS
33 East 17th St (UNION SQUARE)
NEW-YORK-NY.

Frank H. Scott, Prest.
Chas. F. Chichester, Treas.
William W. Ellsworth, Secretary.

January 4, 1894

My dear Mr Muir:-

We are now making up our list of book publications for the year, and hope to be able to include a volume by yourself in our autumn list. Will you kindly let us know how you are getting on with your proposed work, and how soon you will be ready for publication? Our travelers start out in June or July with sample for delivery in the autumn, so that it …

94 Law Class: "Our Book"

Yearbooks & Class Year Publications

On induction to emeritus class of University of Michigan in June 1946, the surviving members of the Law Class of 1894 tell of their activities and experiences during the first 50 years following their graduation and admission to the bar in 1894.

General Laws For The Government Of The Town Of Horse Cave, Hart County, Ky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Booklet describing the laws and governance of the town of Horse Cave, KY in Hart County, 8 pages, published by Record Book and Job Print of Horse Cave, KY; John Altsheler, Chairman and J. M. Perkins, Clerk.

The Courts Of Judea, Jerome C. Knowlton

Articles

The study of Jewish jurisprudence has become interesting during the past ten years through the efforts of some painstaking scholars, who have not been burdened with any particular dogma, but have been actuated by a true Christian spirit. They have been close students of those portions of the Talmud which throw light on the jurisprudence of the Jews.

Letter From Thomas C. Mcrae To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1893 Nov 1., Thomas C. Mcrae

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

THOMAS C. MCRAE, Ark., Chairman.
Darius D. Hare, Ohio. John Davta, Kans.
Thomas F. Magnet, N. Y. John F. Lacey, Iowa.
George F. Kribbs, Pa. Irving P. Wanger, Pa.
Oaee M. Hall, Minn. John W. Moon, Mich.
William T. Crawford, N. C. George D. Melklejohn, Nebr.
Walter Greeham, Tex. Wiiliam B. Ellis, Oregon.
Peter J. Somen, Wis. Marcus A. Smith, Ariz.
Asbury C. Latimer, S. C.

Samuel T. White, Clerk.
E. B. Hursey, Meeeenger.

Committee on the Public Lands,
House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C.,--,[illegible]
November I, 1893.

R. U. Johnson, Esq.,
New York City.

My …

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1893 Sep 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Hotel Normandie,

Washington,
Sep. 30, 1893.

Dear Louie:

Mr. Johnson and I came here last evening, and we have spent the day industriously interviewing everybody we could find likely to be influential in Yosemite and forest affairs. We have seen and had good long talks with Bowers, Hoke Smith, Fernow, Mr. Johnson's brother, Perkins and others whose names I have forgotten. Perkins is stopping at this hotel, and I expect to see him again tomorrow before starting for Chicago. Mr. Johnson goes with me to Chicago. We start at 11:35 A.M.
It is now near midnight, and I am a …

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1893 Sep 10., Elliott Mcallister

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Sept. 10th 1893

Robert Underwood Johnson Esq -

Century Magazine

New York

Dear Sir -

During June, July, & August the Sierra Club or rather its Directors can show but little activity because all are [illegible] for the summer. - Yesterday was held the first satisfactory meeting of the Directors since last May. and your letter of June 4th was fully discussed and acted on- In the absence of Mr. Muir, Professor Joseph Le Conte presided. — In regard to your first suggestion, concerning obtaining evidence of vandalism in Yosemite; the Directors will issue a notice to the public …

Letter From Ella Sterling Cummins To John Muir, 1893 Jul 28., Ella Sterling Cummins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: Ella Sterling Cummins]

California Commission

Jackson Park Chicago Ill.

July 28th 1893.

Mr. John Muir:

Dear Sir-

I am encouraged to write you by Mr. William Keith who urges me to tell you that the "California Story of the Files" is now issued and being reviewed by papers East and West, most favorably. Your sketch and portrait therein appear - and possibly you may be interested to read of the others - as well as to add

to your library the only book of its kind. Mr. Keith was so pleased that he obtained one to read meanwhile …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1893 Jun 25, Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Please command me if I can serve you during Mr. Muir’s absence in any way. June 25, 1893 Address The Players, 16 Gramercy Park. The Century [ ] Union Sq. [Square] N.Y. [New York] Dear Mrs. Muir: I am very glad to sat that Mr. Muir could not have had a better day for sailing than was [vouchsafed] to the [Etruria] yesterday. I went to the Steamer with him and saw that he did not leave her at the last moment. I introduced him from my place on the dock to my friend MacMonnies who was standing near him and …

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1893 May 22., Elliott Mcallister

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[ca May 1893]

[letterhead]

R. U. Johnson Esq.

Editorial Department of Century Magazine

New York.

My dear Sir

I have long intended to write you again concerning the Yosemite Park reservation and in looking over the correspondence of the Sierra Club (I have recently been elected its Secretary) I find your letters of October 18th and of February 17th to Mr. Armes. Shortly after receiving your letter on the subject of recession, while at the Legislature, I happened to obtain the Yosemite Commissioners view of the matter. They were at the Legislature asking for funds. I am free to confess …