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Letter From [William Kent] To John Muir, 1908 Feb 10., William Kent Feb 1908

Letter From [William Kent] To John Muir, 1908 Feb 10., William Kent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Kentfield, Marin Co., Cal.
February 10, [19]08

Mr. John Muir ,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I wish to thank you for your book and especially for your letter. The Native Sons of San Rafael are to give me some sort of a reception at the Opera House in San Rafael, on the evening of Washington's birthday. Joaquin Miller and Luther Burbank, I believe, will be there, and I have to go through the mill just for the sake of jollying the good work along.
Naturally we are all particularly anxious to have you present and I wish to …

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Letter From Frank A. Miller To John Muir, 1908 Feb 8., Frank A. Miller Feb 1908

Letter From Frank A. Miller To John Muir, 1908 Feb 8., Frank A. Miller

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

PRIVATE OFFICE
FRANK A. MILLER

Riverside, Cal.

Feb. 8, 1908.

My dear Mr. Muir:

Do you know of any lime rock formation in or near the Yosemite where we could establish a lime kiln that would turn out enough lime for the construction of the new hotel in the Valley? Also, do you know of a practical man in the Yosemite neighborhood who would be capable of undertaking this work?
I regret very much that I was away on my European trip when you visited the Mission Inn and hope you will be south again soon. It would be a …

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The Liberty Boys And The Refugees, Or, The Escape At Battle Pass, Harry Moore Feb 1908

The Liberty Boys And The Refugees, Or, The Escape At Battle Pass, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Blossom [Mrs. W. H.] Averell To John Muir, [Ca. 1908] Feb 7., Mrs. W. H. Averell Feb 1908

Letter From Blossom [Mrs. W. H.] Averell To John Muir, [Ca. 1908] Feb 7., Mrs. W. H. Averell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Tucson. Arizona

Feb 7th

My dear Mr Muir

The post card with the lovely [view?] of the Yosemite Valley, bearing your good wishes for the coming year, [were?] forwarded me from home & you can not [know?] how pleased I was that

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You may wonder at the heading on this letter, but here my two girls & I came to pass the winter with my son who is Superintendent [of?] this division of the Southern Pacific R.R. We find the climate perfect at this time of the year & the desert interesting. Before long we return east …

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Letter From Harold Howard To John Muir, 1908 Feb 6., Harold Howard Feb 1908

Letter From Harold Howard To John Muir, 1908 Feb 6., Harold Howard

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Newburgh, N.Y.,Feb. 7/08.My dear Mr. Muir: -I stepped into the library - before going skating this afternoon - to read the article in the February North american Review - and just as I was about through reading it Mr. Bailey Millard's article in the Bookman came to my notice.-I am writing to you as a result of reading Mr, Millard's article - It is a "happenstance" (one of so very many that occur to those who are mentally alive - at any rate), that Mr. Millard's article was reprinted in the Sep. 1906 number of a (10¢) Chicago magazine - …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Kent, 1908 Feb 6., John Muir Feb 1908

Letter From John Muir To [William] Kent, 1908 Feb 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[The following is the first rough draft of a letter to Mr. Kent]

Dear Mr. Kent,

[It] was a surprise of the pleasantest kind seeing my name in the tender and deed of the Tamalpais Sequoias, copy of which you sent with your letter of January 17. This is the very best monument to a tree-lover's memory that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world. You have done me a great enduring honor and needless to say I am proud of it. Long ago Asa Gray named several plants for me, the best of which, the …

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Feb 6., Helen Muir Feb 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Feb 6., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Calif

Feb 6th

Dear Papa -

We are all well and cheerful here. This is a bright sunshiney morning and yesterday was beatiful and warm too. My blankets had a good sunning. Stickeen sleeps under my bed, and is all right. He is getting fat. I got weighed yesterday and am holding my own at 137 pounds. I'll write often.

Lovingly always

Helen

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after eight years of silence JM had a thought for me & mine You & I have travelled through the deep [waters?] since last we met, but perhaps have mounted higher toward the spiritual …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Kent, 1908 Feb 6., John Muir Feb 1908

Letter From John Muir To [William] Kent, 1908 Feb 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Feb. 6, 1908

[in margin: illegible]

Dear Mr Kent:

Seeing my name in the tender & deed of the Tamalpais Sequoias was a surprise of the pleasantest kind. This is the best tree-lover's monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world. You have done me great honor, & I am proud of it. Schools here & there have planted "Muir trees" in their playgrounds, & long ago Asa Gray named several plants for me; the most interesting of which is a sturdy frost-enduring daisy that I discovered on the shore of the Arctic Ocean …

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Letter From John Muir To [Alfred] Brad[Ley] Brown, 1908 Feb 5., John Muir Feb 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Alfred] Brad[Ley] Brown, 1908 Feb 5., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Original letter in possession of Mr. A. B. Brown, Alexandra, S. Dak.]Martinez, Cal., February 6,1908.Dear Brad Brown:I'm delighted to hear from you, so vividly does your name recall dear Auld lang syne. Come to my house as soon as you can.David is living at Pacific Grove, Cal. He also will be mighty glad to see you.Ever faithfully your friend,John Muir04056

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Letter From W[Illa]M Ham Hall To John Muir, 1908 Feb 5., Willam Ham Hall Feb 1908

Letter From W[Illa]M Ham Hall To John Muir, 1908 Feb 5., Willam Ham Hall

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

PHONE: MARKET 8041WM. HAM. HALLM. AM. SOC. C. E.GRANT BUILDINGSAN FRANCISCO, CAL.February 5th, 1908-John Muir, Esq.-Martinez, Cal.-Dear Sir:-Referring to our correspondence of several months ago, I suggest that you and I have a talk on the subject thereof. As a talk, to say the least, I think it would be of mutual interest... There are some things in my office which I would show you and which I could not very well carry to Martinez, else I would go to call on you there. You are, no doubt, here in San Francisco occasionally, and I would call on you here …

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Calif.

Thursday Evening

Dear Papa -

I have just received your two letters written after receiving mine of the 22nd. Im so sorry it has worried you so - thinking I was going to be exposed to Grippe microbes, but by now you have surely received my letter telling you she was going away. Miss B. leaves tonight on No. 7 and all is well with us. It made me just as angry as it did you, to have her be so "nervey"

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and invite her friend to visit her in the Van Dyke's house. They were …

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, CaliforniaFriday afternoonDear Papa - All goes well here and I am feeling fine. As it is windy today I have been around the shanty all afternoon - this morning I was out behind a haystack with my horse. Though it is windy it isn't cold.Mary has gone for the mail and I am anxiously looking for a letter from you saying you are better. How I wish04051 you could feel as well as I do today.Ill write every day. So now good-byeLovinglyHelenMiss Brodt got off last night on No. 7 all right. I gave her the pass when you …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Feb 1., John Muir Feb 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Feb 1., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]Feb 1, 1908Darling HelenI'm going home tonight. The constant 4 days rain & many friends have kept me here an unconsionable time. Had a long talk with Calkins & guess I'll get him & her somehow soon. [Saw?] Marian & Mr & Mrs Hooker, Lukens Mr Wilson Vrooman & many others, all send love & good luck to you. Here are a lot of fine cards. Remember me to Miss Brodt & the Van Dykes. Will write long letter from home.[in margin: Be vasttly carefulEver thine JM.]

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The Pacific Pharos, February, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Feb 1908

The Pacific Pharos, February, 1908, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From Charles E. Chapman To John Muir, 1908 Jan 27., Charles E. Chapman Jan 1908

Letter From Charles E. Chapman To John Muir, 1908 Jan 27., Charles E. Chapman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Sausalito,

Cal.

Jan 27 1908.

Mr. John Muir,

Dear Sir:

I am reading your book "Our National Parks." The tone of it leads me to believe, that you will give me information, so that I, too, may climb the mountains of Yosemite.
The facts of my case are as follows. I am obliged to go East this summer and probably will not return. I feel that it would be sacrilege to leave California without having seen something of Yosemite and the big trees. For this purpose, I have at the most two weeks time (say early in July) and about …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Jan 27., John Muir Jan 1908

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Jan 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Rough draft of letter]

[Martinez, January 27 1908]

Dear Mr. President [Roosevelt]:

I wish you another of your great new years. When I was walking with Emerson through the giant Sequoias above Wawona he quoted the Scripture, "There were giants in those days, mighty men of old, men of renown." Many are beginning to see that there are giants in these days also, by none made more manifest than yourself in the work you have done and are doing joining the oceans, controlling and putting to right our land-ways and water-ways - mountains, forests, deserts, gardens - overcoming all obstacles …

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Letter From Theodore Roosvelt To John Muir, 1908 Jan 27., Theodore Roosvelt Jan 1908

Letter From Theodore Roosvelt To John Muir, 1908 Jan 27., Theodore Roosvelt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE WHITE HOUSEWASHINGTONJanuary 27, 1908.My dear Mr. Muir:Your letter was a surprise of the pleasantest kind. I thank you for it, my dear sir, with all my heart. There is nothing I value more than praise from you, and I am deeply touched [illegible] your kind and friendly words. You may rest assured that I shall try to continue to deserve what you say. I am concerned over your daughter's health and 1 trust she will be speedily better.Again very heartily thanking you, believe me,Ever Yours,Theodore Roos [illegible]Mr. John Muir,Martinez, California.P. S. I always grudged Emerson's not having gone into …

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Letter From Harvey Reid To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 27., Harvey Reid Jan 1908

Letter From Harvey Reid To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 27., Harvey Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jany 28, 1908

My Dear Friend:

Your kindly greeting by card was very grateful to me. I note your name occasionally in the papers. Once, perhaps two years ago, with keen regret that you were reported dangerously ill. I trust that you recovery has been complete.
I am doing some very congenial work for the public just now which this letter head discloses. This will be mailed from Des Moines when I am just closing a two weeks stay delving among old archives and old newspapers and interviewing old citizens. For there are no official records on file of …

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Letter From J[Ohn] Howitt To John Muir, [1908 Jan 24]., John Howitt Jan 1908

Letter From J[Ohn] Howitt To John Muir, [1908 Jan 24]., John Howitt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mr. John Muir.MartinezCalifornia06795With new year greetings and pleasant memories of University days Many thanks for you kindness [rec'd?]J Howitt

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Letter From Anna G. Eastman To John Muir, [1908 Jan 23]., Anna G. Eastman Jan 1908

Letter From Anna G. Eastman To John Muir, [1908 Jan 23]., Anna G. Eastman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mr. John Muir,Martinez,California.Pacific Grove California,Dear uncle J - Your good letter with so many good wishes for the New Year was received and I wish to thank you for it and the good wishes, and your kind thought for me at this time. Hope this fnds you better of your cold and that you still have good news from HelenAnna G. Eastman.

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Letter From Helen Muir To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 17., Helen Muir Jan 1908

Letter From Helen Muir To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 17., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, CaliforniaJan. 17 - '08Dear Papa -My horse and Stickeen got here this morning in fine condition. I went for a little ride this morning and Artie's fast springy walk was a joy after the poky little poney. On Artie you dont need to trot or gallop to get anywhere quickly for his walking is worth mention in the Sierra Club. I was so joyfully surprised when Keennie was led to04031 my bedside before I was up, for I hadnt expected them till Monday or Tuesday.I am feeling fine. This is a beautiful day and the air is grand. The …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., Robert Underwood Johnson Jan 1908

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENT
THE CENTURY- MAGAZINE
UNION-SOUARE-NEW-YORK

January 17, 1908

R.W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir :

I congratulate you on the naming of the new Redwood reservation for you. If I had my way the whole of the Sierra reservation should be named for you.
I don't hear anything more about the Hetch-Hetchy matter. Bourne is here and I hope to see him soon.
Have you observed that the President has taken up my idea of a convention of Governors? In the February number we shall …

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Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., William Kent Jan 1908

Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 17., William Kent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jan 17 1908

My dear Mr Muir

The suit for condemnation of the 47 acres in the heart of Muir Woods is still pending.
There is little doubt of the outcome. At the same time no better thing can be done than to continue to arouse public opinion as to the present and future value to the people of this beautiful and restful wilderness.
I wish you could write a letter which I can publish leaving out anything laudatory of my action, but stating your view of the value of the property and the hope that adjoining owners may …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Jan 17., John Muir Jan 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Jan 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan. 17, 1908

Darling Helen,

I suppose you pony is at Daggett ere this & you are on him jumping & dodging larrea bushes. Tom shipped him 2 days ago without saying a word to me If you find all right I'll be glad, for he was in a sad way here for want of exercise.
Your fence is almost finished. It looks fine Probably the gates will be hung tomorrow if rain allows
Keep warm a single chill may make all our pains of no effect.

Ever your lov[er?]

J.M.

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The Liberty Boys Settling Old Scores, Or, The Capture Of General Prescott, Harry Moore Jan 1908

The Liberty Boys Settling Old Scores, Or, The Capture Of General Prescott, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 16., Helen Muir Jan 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 16., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, CaliforniaJan. 16.Dear Papa - We are all right and everything going well. We are very careful. I am feeling fine. All well [I'm?] glad you are [better?]. I received you letter today.Good nightLovinglyHelen04029

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Letter From [Charles F. Lummis] To John Muir, 1908 Jan 16., Charles F. Lummis Jan 1908

Letter From [Charles F. Lummis] To John Muir, 1908 Jan 16., Charles F. Lummis

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Jan.16,1908Dear Muir:-I am sorrier that I can tell you that Helen still keeps that bad lung.Barstow is very good for aridity; but don't you think the radiation is rather extreme? You must know that in that very region the chief disease is pneumonia.I am inclined to think that San Diego or some such region would be safer. I am no doctor ; but pneumonia derives largely from strenuous variation of temperature and their effect upon the unprepared physique. The difference betweensunlight and shadow, between day and night on the Desert is a pretty serious thing. In my unauthoritative judgnent, you …

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Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 16., William Kent Jan 1908

Letter From William Kent To John Muir, 1908 Jan 16., William Kent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Jan 16th 1908

Mr John Muir

My dear Mr Muir

To us who can see and who know what is good, the deeding of what should belong to the people, to the people is not generosity, but an uncontrollable impulse.
The service you have preeminently rendered is in making some people see that the works of God are good in themselves and good for men.
The hideous heedless wickedness of trying to butcher those trees put me in a frame of mind where I wondered, how far a trustee ought to go to protect such a trust. I am …

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 15., Helen Muir Jan 1908

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [John Muir], 1908 Jan 15., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Daggett, Cal.Jan 15-Dear PapaI just got your letter saying you might be with us Sunday. I hope you can come. We are having such glorious weather I feel that you would be better here than up in that fog. You didn't say how you were. I'm glad the fence is going up. Its a comfort to know things are looking well at home even if I cant be there. Wanda said in her last letter that [they?] were going to ship my horse "early next week". Im so glad.This is great air here, and a great country. In the last …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Jan 15., John Muir Jan 1908

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1908 Jan 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Jan 15, 1908

Darling Helen,

I'll probably not get off for Daggett before the 20th hoping to get the ranch business settled.
Your horse was clipped the other day & the ticks pretty much cleared off He will probably be shipped in a few days, & I hope will reach you on time, by escaping quarantine.
Not raining today but everything sloppy.
my cold better
Be eternally careful not to overdo in exercise or take cold.

Your lover John Muir

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