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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 24., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 24., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr. Johnson: Martinez, Dec. 24, 1908 Well done & doing for you. Let us keep hammering the Vandals & we will beat them yet. Hon. S. C. Smith, Hon. W. F. Englebright, & Hon. Frank Mondell (Chairman of Committee on Public Lands), House of Representatives, are all with us I believe. It seems incredible that so barbarous a step backward as the destruction of a Yosemite Valley could possible be taken by Congress, or that such a question could game a hearing anywhere in Civilization-Good luck & good yearEver faithfully your friend John MuirMartinez, Dec. 1, 1908

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Letter From John Muir To [Henry G.] Bryant, 1908 Dec 23., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Henry G.] Bryant, 1908 Dec 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Rough draft of letter]

Martinez, Cal., Dec. 23, 1908.

Dear Mr. Bryant:

I am very sorry that a miserable lowland bronchial cold or grippe will prevent me from being with yon at the annual meeting. Cost not in the way at all. I would gladly go farther to see a new tree, much more to meet the able fellow mountaineers of the Alpine Club.
Please assure our Board of Directors that I sincerely appreciate the kindness, confidence, and honor bestowed upon me.

Ever faithfully yours,
J.M.

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Letter From John Muir To [Henry G.] Bryant, 1908 Dec 22 ., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Henry G.] Bryant, 1908 Dec 22 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Original in possession of Mr. H. G. Bryant.

Martinez, Cal. Dec. 22, 1908

Dear Mr. Bryant:

I am very sorry to say that I'll not be able to be with you at the meeting of the American Alpine Club this year. Several months ago I took a severe bronchial cold or the grippe that keeps me a prisoner here. In all my mountaineering I never took a single cold of any sort. In the lowlands I seldom get through a single winter unscathed. But for a' that & a' that I hope to see you all ere long & make …

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Letter From [Unknown] To Geo[Rge] W. Marston, 1908 Dec 22 ., Unidentified Dec 1908

Letter From [Unknown] To Geo[Rge] W. Marston, 1908 Dec 22 ., Unidentified

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Sari Francisco, Dec. 22, 1908.[Illegible] Marston Esq.,San Diego, Cal.My Dear Mr. Marston:-I am enclosing you copy of a letter which we are sending to all of our friends, and which will give you an idea of the result we wish accomplished. It is very important that we should reach Congressman Smith through as many of his constituents as possible, and if you will aid us in this direction and get to your friends to write or wire him, without delay, it will assist very materially in the outcome.John Muir is leading this fight, and wishes me to make this personal …

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Letter From John Muir [Et Al.] To Lovers Of Nature & Scenery, 1908 Dec 21 ., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir [Et Al.] To Lovers Of Nature & Scenery, 1908 Dec 21 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

San Francisco, Cal., Dec.. 21 ,1908.

TO ALL LOVERS OF NATURE AND SCENERY:-

The Yosemite National Park was created in 1890 in order that the unrivaled aggregation of scenic features of this great natural wonderland should be preserved in pure wildness for all time for the benefit Of the entire nation: the Yosemite Valley was already preserved in a State Park, and the National Park was created primarily to protect the Hetch-Hetchy Valley and Tuolumne Meadows from invasion. The Hetch-Hetchy Valley is a wonderfully exact counterpart of the great Yosemite, not only in its crystal river, sublime cliffs and exquisite …

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Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1908 Dec 19., Herbert W. Gleason Dec 1908

Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1908 Dec 19., Herbert W. Gleason

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

HERBERT W. GLEASON
S3 PINCKNEY STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
Alaska
The Canadian Alps
Yellowstone Park
In Thoreau's Country
Wild Flowers of the Rockies
Bird Life
Etc.

Boston, Dec. 19, 1908.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I sent Miss Helen the other day a few post cards which I thought she would like to send to her friends. I am sending you with this several photos which I took in the Mono Lake region and also some studies of pine cones and foliage which I made in the King1s River Canyon.
You will be interested to know that Houghton, Mifflin …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Dec 18., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Dec 18., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec. 18, 1908Dear Mr Colby;I would have been in the City oftentimes to help in the Park fight had I not been disabled by the Grippe or a severe brochial cold. Nevertheless I've been doing what I could from here. I don't think I should go to Washington in my present state of health, & of course your business will not allow you to go. Do you know any available member of the club that we can send? Anyhow we must keep up a storm of protests in letters & telegrams & magazine articles.I enclose Mr Johnson's last letter …

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Letter From James Rennie To John Muir, 1908 Dec 18., James Rennie Dec 1908

Letter From James Rennie To John Muir, 1908 Dec 18., James Rennie

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]OakvilleNapa Co. Cal.18th,Dec.1908.Mr John MuirMartinez. Cal.Dear Mr MuirInclosed I hand you the Photos you ordered from my collection. As this was the first time I used a kodak I did not expect anyone would want any. But your own on No 44 was very much in demand with the club members.The numbers are,5.6.10.13.14.17.27. 31.35,39.44.58.68.69,Please accept these as a small appreciation as a Sierran for that great treat at Fresno.Wishing you the compliments of the season, with a 1Ouid New Year & many o'them'Yours sincerely[illegible]04345

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 18., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 18., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec. 18, 1908.

Dear Mr Johnson:

We all know that yo[u?] will do all in your power in the endless fight against graft of every sort. In particular, the history of forest & park-making & their preservation on this side of the continent shows you have always been the most influential tireless leader. I have always wondered that under so many other burdens you have been able to accompli[sh?] so much.
I have been disabled lately by the Grippe or a severe bronchial cold, which seems likely to keep me at home all winter. But like yourself I'm doing …

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Letter From Vernon Bailey To John Muir, 1908 Dec 17., Vernon Bailey Dec 1908

Letter From Vernon Bailey To John Muir, 1908 Dec 17., Vernon Bailey

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Washington D.C

Dec. 17, 1908

Dear Mr. Muir:

I've been finding fossil forests away over in New Mex. this summer up near the Chaca Canyon.
Mrs. Bailey joins me in best wishes of the season to you.

Sincerely

Vernon Bailey

Mr. John Muir

Martinez

Calif.

06822

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Letter From Mary Barr Munroe To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 16., Mary Barr Munroe Dec 1908

Letter From Mary Barr Munroe To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 16., Mary Barr Munroe

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

Dec 16 1908

My dear John

A Happy New Year to you. -
I wonder if you will think I am reaching too high when I tell you that I am chairman of the Forestry Committee of the Florida Federation of Womens Clubs," I know so little on the subject but I want to know everything about the

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subject that I can in connection with Florida. I led the discussion on the subject, which followed the Report, at the Meeting of the Federation in Nov and with a quotation from your book, The Mountain[s?] of Cal. and …

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Letter From Alex Millar To John Muir, 1908 Dec 16., Alex Millar Dec 1908

Letter From Alex Millar To John Muir, 1908 Dec 16., Alex Millar

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

form No.4

subject: Miscellaneous: Hetch Hetchy Valley, California -
preservation of.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
executive offices,

ALEX. MILLAR, SECRETARY.
120 BROADWAY.
JOB. HELLEN,ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
- In your reply please refer to......................................

new york, Dec. 16, 1908.

John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, California.
Dear Sir:

Mr. Harriman directs me to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 7th instant, regarding the preservation of Hetch Hetchy Valley, and he is sending it to Mr. Charles D. Walcott at Washington, asking him to see if he can do anything to assist, along the lines of your suggestions.
Yours very truly,
[illegible]Secretary.

MPD

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Letter From John Muir To E. L. Bickford, 1908 Dec 15., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To E. L. Bickford, 1908 Dec 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

520 PM

14 JM 10 Paid

Napa Dec 15 1908

San Francisco Calif15

E. L. Bickford. Wm F

Napa 1st Dist Cal[a?]
Wire Congressman Englebright Washington protest using Hetch Hetchy as reservoir -

John Muir

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Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1908 Dec 14., Henry G. Bryant Dec 1908

Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1908 Dec 14., Henry G. Bryant

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

American Alpine Club

COUNCILORS
PROF. JOSEPH N. LECONITE
REV. HARRY P. NICHOLS
PROF. HARRY FIELDING REID
PROF. A. LAWRENCE ROTCH

PRESIDENT
PROF. JOHN MUIR
VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY
MR. HARRINGTON PUTNAM
SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
806 LAND TITLE BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA

TREASURER
MR. GEORGE VAUX, JR.
404FRANKLIN BANK BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA..... Decemher 14th,___190 8.

Professor John Muir,
Martinez, California.
My dear Professor Muir:

The presence of Professor Penck of Berlin and many mountaineers and scholars who will be attending the meeting of this A.A.A.S. in Baltimore, bids fair to make the coming meeting of the American Alpine Club a …

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Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 12., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Home Dec 12. [1908]

Darling Helen,

Tom neglected getting the Ex orders as he promised. Yesterday he sent his brother to Martinez to get them & forgot to take the letter. So Mr Borland sent the orders. Hope they reache[d?] ere this. I ought to have attended to the business myself.
My heavens & stars What a visit you have had, or visitation rather. That feminine schemer has the brass & money-greed & acre-greed & impudence etc of the very etc etc etc They complained of the cold weather Hope you were colder than the weather.
Heaven save you darling

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 11., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Home Dec. 11, 1908.Darling Helen,Here are two Ex orders $50.X each, Hope the weather delay has not given you trouble. Let me know when you need more. The weather is fine now & the farmers happy.Would you like some Christmas berries?Fashion-plate pamphlets come to your address occasional[ly?] Do you wish such stuff forwarded?It must be cold these winter days at Daggett. Keep very warm.Ever lovingly your fatherJohn MuirAcknowledge receiptof money orders

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 11., Helen Muir Dec 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 11., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Calif. Dec. 11th '08Dear Papa -I was so glad to get your good cheery letter yesterday, letting me know all was well with you. And Im so proud of the Dedication - its beautiful. I had just been thinking about the Stickeen book and wondering who it was to be dedicated to, as I hadnt heard anything more about it since you spoke to me about it the last time you were here. And now here comes the proof sheet, with my name. It makes me so happy and proud.043382Today is sunny and fine, like most of the Desert …

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The Liberty Boys And "Mad Mary," Or, Fighting Among The Hills, Harry Moore Dec 1908

The Liberty Boys And "Mad Mary," Or, Fighting Among The Hills, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Norman Price To John Muir, 1908 Dec 11., Norman Price Dec 1908

Letter From Norman Price To John Muir, 1908 Dec 11., Norman Price

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

120 Broadway,
New York, N. Y.

December 11,1908.John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, Calif.
My dear Mr. Muir:

I have yours of the 3d instant and am very glad to hear from you again. I am glad the extra copies from the notes reached you safely, and thought I had mentioned that the shorthand notebooks were all destroyed, so that there is no possible way by which any part of the notes could be printed without your consent.
Of course, it is a hard task for you, and one requiring much time and thought before such a work is finally ready for …

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Letter From Anna G[Alloway] Eastman To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 10., Anna Galloway Eastman Dec 1908

Letter From Anna G[Alloway] Eastman To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 10., Anna Galloway Eastman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Pacific Grove, California,Dec'r 10, '08Dear Uncle John:Many thanks for your big Christmas present, and many more for your kind thought of us all. There is so much I hardly know what to do with it but just now I think I'll keep it a while. It is lovely to know you have a little of the needful in case of an emergency.I wish very much you could think you could come to P.G. if only for a few days - think of the pleasure it would give Mother to have two whole brothers to come and see her. And you …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 8., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 8., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Home, Dec. 8, 1908

Darling Helen;

I wrote to you yesterday, just before receiving your letter. I gave Tom $100+ to get you 2 $50 Express orders, & money for the Wilson bill. All of which Ill send tomorrow if Tom gets to Martinez this P.M. which is doubtful as it is [raining?] again & the roads are awful. But anyhow I'll send it as soon as the weather lets me.
My! what rain & fog I'm so glad you are not here. I usually get luncheon & supper at Wanda's now. Breakfast in my den. I feel pretty well, …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 7., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr Johnson: Martinez, Dec. 7 1908. I have good hope of winning our park fight in Congress notwithstanding the desperate struggle the schemers are making. The bond vote is no measure of the wishes of the citizens as to Hetch Hetchy water, or even a Sierra water supply.Anyhow we must fight the thieves & robbers now & always. Things refuse to be mismanaged long, & all the enlightened public opinion of the world is with us--Faithfully yours John MuirMartinez, Dec. 1, 1908.

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 7., Helen Muir Dec 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Dec 7., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Calif -

Dec. 7 - 08

Dear Papa -

This is a grand bright winter morning on my desert, and Im feeling fine and sunshiney too - just cant help it. How are you, and what are you working on now? I had a letter from Mrs Stevenson a few days ago, and she says they are doing well in Adamana, that the travel had been unusually heavy, lots of tourists. She said that Jim was in Texas just now, but spoke as tho' he had been staying there [illegible]ing.
Im inclosing Mr Wilson's bill, one that I understood …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 7., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Dec 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec. 7, 1908.

Darling Helen;

I'm so glad you are feeling so well & happy & growing so plump & robust. Have you not taken the least cold? That is the one great danger. Keep very warm & if you hear of any case of Grippe or anything like it in Daggett dont go near it for mail or anything else.
Here is one of the Stuckeen proof sheets The Dedication which must interest you.
How is your Stickeen, & the pony? Wanda's baby is getting comical & amusing.
Ive got the Matoza & Fr[u?]tas pastur[e?] rent paid until …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Dec 7., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1908 Dec 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Dec. 7, 1908.

Dear Mr Colby:

I've written to Johnson & H. & if he goes seriously into the fight we must keep up the fight anyhow as if all depended on us, & I think even without other outside aid than public opinion we will be able to stop the destroyers. Send the best of our published stuff to all the Congress.
Has Mr [illegible] got back from the east?
I dare not go to Washington at present grippe-like sore throat, even if I had nothing to hold me here. Work hard but don't worry. If this trouble …

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Letter From John Muir To [Harry F.] Reid, 1908 Dec 5., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Harry F.] Reid, 1908 Dec 5., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(Original in possession of Prof. Harry F. Reid) Martinez, Cal., Dec. 5, 1908. Dear Mr. Reid: I thank yon for kindly sending me the report of the International Commission on Glaciers. I wish I could have the pleasure of talking over glacial matters in general. I want to write on Alaska, but several other books must first be got off my hands. I trust you are all well. The little boy must now be a man. When next you come to this side the continent let me know as long as possible beforehand. I should be in Baltimore this month …

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Cal. Dec 5thDear PapaAll goes well with us here on the Desert, and I am feeling grand - weigh 139 lbs. We had a little sprinkle three nights ago and the weather has been pretty cold at night, but today is clear and bright and warmer.Dix is going up town, now so I must stop. Will write again tomorrowLovingly yoursHelen04330

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Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1908 Dec 2., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1908 Dec 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Dec. 2, 1908Dear Mr Calkins;I was very glad to get your kind refreshing letter with its cheery good tidings of your new home & work. I wish you were nearer so I might avail myself of your kind invitation, now I am compelled to work alone in the big house.When I think of moving south I see that a long hard time will be required to get my notes & books ready for shipment. I've been trying to sort my notes, & groan aghast at the vast mass. I never before knew that I was so crishingly killingly rich. …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 1., John Muir Dec 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 1., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr. Johnson: Martinez, Dec. 1, 1908The 3 or 4 Hetch Hetchy schemers are far from satisfied with the Garfield award-- & as you will see by these clippings they are going to Congress to make a desperate effort to get what they want, as I knew they would. Viz,permission to dam H. H. at once without reference to Lake Eleanor & Cherry Creek. For it is Electric power they want, not water. Of course we must fight'em & I think we'll beat 'emThe labor unions all voted for water bonds, as they do for all sorts of bonds making …

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Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 1., Edward T. Parsons Dec 1908

Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson, 1908 Dec 1., Edward T. Parsons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast: to publish authentic information concerning them: to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

Board of Directors-1908-1909Honorary Vice-Presidents
Mr. John Muir. President . Prof. A. O. McAdle, Vice-President Prof. J. N.Le Conte. Treasurer . Mr. William E. Colby. Secretary . Prof. Wm. F. Bade . . Prof. George Davidson . . . Prof. W. R. Dudley Mr. Warren Olney . Mr. B. T. Parsons. Martinez . San Francisco Berkeley San …

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