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Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., Herbert W. Gleason Dec 1907

Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., Herbert W. Gleason

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HERBERT W. GLEASON

83 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. 18, 1907.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I fear you will set me down as a worthless kind of muggins to be so neglectful of the promise which I gave you that Mrs. G. and I would call and see you again before we left California. I assure you that such was truly our intention and desire. I had the tickets to Martinez in my pocket all the time - and have …

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Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby Dec 1907

Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[16th]
December 1[illegible]th, 1907.

Editor of the "Daily Commercial News",
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

Your issue of the 10th inst. contained a criticism of my position on "The Hatch Hetchy Water Supply" and I assume that you will be fair enough to give me a "square deal" in the matter and hence send you this reply. The writer of that criticism is evidently one of those whom I referred to as being "wedded" to the Hetch Hetchy system, though he does not disclose his identity.
He brushes aside my reference to Professor [illegible]arx' statements made before the Common Health …

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Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1907 Dec 16, Francis George Dec 1907

Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1907 Dec 16, Francis George

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Valona Dec 16th 07 Mr. John Muir Martinez Calif Dear Sir I enclose Clearing house Certificates an checks to the amount of 194.99 to be credited as follows (x)To Mr. J. E. Petersen on note 50.00 In your account I find only $25 credited “ “ M. Urlick on lots 35.00 “ “ J. Talken “ lot 10.00 “ “ John Bonacci on lot 2.B.33 100.00 The balance $250.00 he is to pay at $25.00 per month. The price of lot 2.B.33 was $350.00 Mr Sucey who ownes lot 1B.33 wants lot 8B.33. I told him it was $350.00 he …

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Letter From Henry Gannett To James R. Garfield, 1907 Dec 14., Henry Gannett Dec 1907

Letter From Henry Gannett To James R. Garfield, 1907 Dec 14., Henry Gannett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Habana, Cuba, December 14, 1907.

Hon. Jas. R. Garfield,
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

My attention has recently been called to the renewed attempts of the city of San Francisco to obtain the use of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley as a reservoir site for its water supply.
The matter first came up several years ago, in the form of an application for the use of both Hetch-Hetchy Valley and of Lake Eleanor, both of which are in the Yosemite Park. The matter was referred by the then Secretary of the Interior to the Director of the Geological …

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Letter From Jae S. Maitza To John Muir, 1907 Dec 12, Jae S. Maitza Dec 1907

Letter From Jae S. Maitza To John Muir, 1907 Dec 12, Jae S. Maitza

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Selby Cal Dec 12 1907 Dear Sir I thought I would write a few lines to tell you if you ant got that dead made yet you may puit my wife name in it her full name is Mary S, Maitza she likes to have it so you may as well out it we have built a house already on the peace and when you get the dead made plese at me know. best wishes You truly Jae S. Maitza

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1907 Dec 12., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1907 Dec 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

his Helens sickness, asks me where to go, I tell him Van Dykes

Martinez, Dec. 12, 1907

Dear Mr Lukens.

I think I told you that Helen had another attack of pneumonia about two months ago. She is slowly recovering & is able to go around the hose but the rains & fogs of the last few days have made the weak lung sore, & the doctors say as I do that she must go again to the desert & stay for two years, at some ranch where milk, eggs, vegetables etc can be had. Do you know of any …

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Letter From [John Muir] To J. Henry Scattergood, 1907 Dec 10., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From [John Muir] To J. Henry Scattergood, 1907 Dec 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Cal. Dec 22/07

Mr J. Henry Scattergood

Chairman of the Nominating Com of the

[American?] Alpine Club,

Philadelphia

Dear Sir:

Ye kind letter of Dec 2 is at hand informing me that the Nominating Com of the Am Alpine Club propose to recommend my name as Pres of the Club at the annual meeting. I shall accept the honor with pleasure & pride, I am with thanks & best wishes

Faithfully Yrs

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Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 10., A. H. Sellers Dec 1907

Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 10., A. H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Dec 10, 1907

My dear Muir

Your letter of the 6th inst, but not mailed till the 9th reached me today. We are so sorry to learn that poor Helen is threatened with another long siege on the desert. We did hope that she would recover from the last attack, and that you both could enjoy your home. Mrs Sellers & I have been and are still very busy with a gang of carpenters, painters & decorators on the house, trying to do as little as possible (as we are very anxious to get in the house) …

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Letter From Fred C. Keighley To John Muir, 1906 Mar 19., Fred C. Keighley Dec 1907

Letter From Fred C. Keighley To John Muir, 1906 Mar 19., Fred C. Keighley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Oliver & Snyder Steel Company,
MINING SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE
OLIVER FAYETTE CO., PA.

FRED. C. KEIGHLEY.
GEN'L SUPT.

PITTSBURG OFFICE.
So. 10TH AND MURIEL STS.

Lock Drawer R, Uniontown, Pa.,
March 19, 1906.

Mr. John Muir, Botanist & Geologist,
Adamana, Arizona.

My dear Sir:
After some six weeks traveling through the West I finally reached home. I regret very much to have to inform you that the number of the Century Magazine which you so kindly loaned me while at Admana was stolen from my room at the El Tovar, Grand Canon. I was very much put out about this and …

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Postcard From Mrs. A.P. Douglas [?] To John Muir, December 9, 1907, Mrs. A. P. Douglas Dec 1907

Postcard From Mrs. A.P. Douglas [?] To John Muir, December 9, 1907, Mrs. A. P. Douglas

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mr. John Muir Martinez, California. Ferndale, Cala. Thank you very much for beautiful greeting contributed to our Nature-[…] I wish your potent word might slay the frightful havoc being wrought in these noble forests of Humboldt. Best wishers for your daughter’s health. Truly, Mrs. A.P. Douglas

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Letter From A[Lbert] F. Dawson To J. E. Calkins, 1907 Dec 9., Albert F. Dawson Dec 1907

Letter From A[Lbert] F. Dawson To J. E. Calkins, 1907 Dec 9., Albert F. Dawson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

House of Representatives U. S.

Washington, D. C.

December 9, 1907.

Mr. J. E. Calkins,

2252 W. 30th St.,
Los Angeles, Cal.

My dear Mr. Calkins:-

I have your favor of the 29th ultimo and note fully what you say regarding the Hetch-Hetchy Valley. Upon receipt of Mr. Ficke's letter I expressed myself very strongly to Secretary Garfield and his reply was very encouraging. I shall lay before him the additional facts contained in your letter, and will again emphasize to him that you are actuated by patriotic and disinterested motives.
With kindest personal regards, and thanking you for the …

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Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister Dec 1907

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister

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 co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

Board of Directors---1905-1906

Mr. John Muir, President
Martinez
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President
San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le conte, Treasurer
Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary
Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson
2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley
Stanford University
Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, Jr.
San Francisco
Mr. Warren Olney
San Francisco
Mr. E. …

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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, 1907 Dec 6., Katharine Hooker Dec 1907

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, 1907 Dec 6., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

Don Pedro

325 W. Adams St.

Los Angeles,

Dec 6th

My dear Mr Muir

My kind good brother-in-law Henry Hooker died yesterday, after a short illness. I know that you appreciated him as he felt in the most friendly and admiring way to you. You know how little ostentatious he was, but it has seemed to me that I should like so much to have two or three paragraphs written about him (by [illegible]

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[2]

one not belonging to the family) speaking of his fine qualities in a way that could not hurt his modesty if he were …

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Letter From W. J. Dornuf To [John Muir], 1907 Dec 5., W. J. Dornuf Dec 1907

Letter From W. J. Dornuf To [John Muir], 1907 Dec 5., W. J. Dornuf

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Milwaukee, Wis., [illegible] 1907

My Dear Sir,

Pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time, but may I venture to ask for a statement of your experience as to the effects of alcohol and tobacco upon the mind and health?
Do stimulants and narcotics give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind, and more continuous power, or do they weaken and cloud the intellect, and lessen that capacity for enduring a prolonged strain of mental exertion which is one of the first requisites of the intellectual life?
With the hope of arriving at data which would be trustworthy and decisive, I have …

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Letter From John Muir To Margaret [Hay Lunam], 1907 Dec 5., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To Margaret [Hay Lunam], 1907 Dec 5., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

December 5, 1907

Dear Cousin Margaret:

I am very glad you & Maggie are both so well this summer & hope fondly that you will get through the winter in comfort.
We are all pretty well here except Helen who is slowly recovering from another attack of pneumonia. Whether she will be able to pass the rainy winter here or be compelled to go the Arizona I'll soon know. This is the 4th attack & there seems to be no end of the trouble.
Margaret is better than she has been for years. Sarah too is very well …

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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1907 ?] Dec 2., Katharine Hooker Dec 1907

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1907 ?] Dec 2., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]

have Mrs Thompson typing for me today - don't you think it quite time that I began?
With love from us all

Katharine Hooker


[1]

325 W. ADAMS STREET

LOS ANGELES

Dec 2

Dear Mr Muir

We miss you. Are you doing the same for us?
The red leaves in all their beautiful shadings have come, and are to be kept for Christmas. The sprig of libocedrus I [consider?] mine.

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[2]

Fanny Canfield is stopping with us now, and Saturday evening there will be two very pretty young girls to spend the night here. So you see the …

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Letter From J. Henry Scattergood To John Muir, 1907 Dec 2., J. Henry Scattergood Dec 1907

Letter From J. Henry Scattergood To John Muir, 1907 Dec 2., J. Henry Scattergood

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

J. HENRY SCATTERGOOD,
ROOM 648, "THE BOURSE,"
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, December 2, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

Dear Sir:

On behalf of the Nominating Committee of the American Alpine Club I desire to inform you that we propose to recommend your name as President of the Club at the annual meeting to be held on the 30th of this month. I trust you may be villing to accept this honorary position and would ask that you so inform me, return envelope for which I now enclose.

Yours very respectfully

[illegible]
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Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Dec 2., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Dec 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec 2, 1907

Dear Mr Calkins.

I am very glad to find you in another fine letter & letters for you seemed lost to me for weeks past. Nothing more natural however than making a new home may you be happy in it as you well deserve. I sent the Lukens H. H. photographs direct to the President. [illegible] Encouraging reports are coming [illegible] from various sources many of [illegible] caused by your own efforts [illegible] far reaching & many from our [illegible]b circular letter. One member in Sacramento wrote the President & Secretary [&?] got 27 of his …

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The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Dec 1907

The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1907 Nov 29., J. E. Calkins Nov 1907

Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1907 Nov 29., J. E. Calkins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

2252 West Thirtieth street.
Los Angeles, California,
NOV. 29, 1907.

My Dear Mr. Muir:-

Forgive me for becoming too much engrossed with my own small concerns to be fairly neighborly with you. I have been getting my goods and chattels settled into some sort of homelike arrangement, and this work, indoors and out, takes times and makes a man forget what is due from him.
Your last letter, enclosing the Hetch-Hetchy chapter, came duly to hand, and was very welcome, though the news of Miss Helen's serious illness was far from comforting. We have both been taking the liberty to …

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The Liberty Boys And The "Terror," Or, The Masked Spy Of Harlem Heights, Harry Moore Nov 1907

The Liberty Boys And The "Terror," Or, The Masked Spy Of Harlem Heights, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Letter From [William E. Colby] To Editor Of The Call, 1907 Nov 26., William E. Colby Nov 1907

Letter From [William E. Colby] To Editor Of The Call, 1907 Nov 26., William E. Colby

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 co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

SIERRA CLUB
2901 Channing Way
Berkeley, Cal.

Board of Directors-1907-1908

Mr. John Muir, President Martinez
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary Berkeley
Prof. Wm. F. Bade Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson 2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley Stanford University
Mr. Warren …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Nov 26., Robert Underwood Jonhson Nov 1907

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Nov 26., Robert Underwood Jonhson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

November 26, 1907

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

My dear Muir:

It looks as though there were to be a pause, or at least a postponement, in the consideration of the Hetch Hetchy matter. I have written very strongly to the Secretary and forwarded the letter you sent to me.

Faithfully yours,

[illegible]

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Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 Nov 25., Edward T. Parsons Nov 1907

Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 Nov 25., Edward T. Parsons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]

November 25, 1907.

Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
Washington. D. C.

Honored Sir:

Several weeks ago I addressed a communication to the Hon. James R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior, protesting against the use of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley, one of the most magnificent and hospitable features of the Yosemite National Park, as a reservoir for a proposed water system for the City of San Francisco. In that letter I set forth somewhat in detail, both from the standpoint of a lover of nature and also from the standpoint of a tax-payer and property owner in the district …

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Letter From John W. Noble To John Muir, 1907 Nov 25., John W. Noble Nov 1907

Letter From John W. Noble To John Muir, 1907 Nov 25., John W. Noble

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

ST. LOUIS, MO.,

November 25th 1907

Mr John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Dear Mr Muir

Your letter of the 15th Instant has just reached me on my return from the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress. and the printed petition to the Secretary of the Interior & the description of Hetch-Hetchy were received by me on my arrival at Muskogee, where convention was held.
The body assembled was so large, and the financial question so pressing, which "keeps water ways from the Lakes to the [illegible]" kept a good second, that opportunity was not found to press the particular question as to …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, [1907] Nov 23., John Muir Nov 1907

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, [1907] Nov 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Nov. 23. [1907]

Dear Mr. Colby:

That is a capital reply or yours to the Call editorial. I didn't think they would publish it, or take any notice of it. They did, however, in another editorial in the Sunday Call, wh. [which] I suppose you have seen. It is very feeble and apologetic, and can do us no harm.
Charlie Keeler was invited to the Berkeley promotion banquet but stayed away because he did not care to listen to Manson, and felt that he could not volunteer to speak , and was not requested to do so.
I was …

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Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1907 Nov 23., Henry G. Bryant Nov 1907

Letter From Henry G. Bryant To John Muir, 1907 Nov 23., Henry G. Bryant

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB

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

PRESIDENT
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY

VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. ANGELO HEILPRIN
MR. JOHN MUIR

SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
2013 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA

TREASURER
MR. WILLIAM S. VAUX, JR.
807 BAILEY BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, November 23, 1907.

Prof. John Muir,
Martinez,
California.

My dear Prof. Muir:

During a recent visit to Washington, Professor Fay personally invited Mr. Bryce to attend the annual dinner of the Club, to be held in Philadelphia on December 30th. The Ambassador was unable to accept so long …

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Letter From W[Illia]M E. Colby To John Muir, 1907 Nov 22., William E. Colby Nov 1907

Letter From W[Illia]M E. Colby To John Muir, 1907 Nov 22., William E. Colby

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 co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

Board of Directors-1907-1908

Mr. John Muir, President Martines
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer. Berkeley
Mr. William B. Colby, Secretary. Berkeley
Prof. Wm. F. Badè Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson 2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley Stanford University
Mr. Warren Olney San Francisco
Mr. E. T. Parsons …

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Letter From E. A. Bradley To Theodore Roosevelt, [1907] Nov 22., E. A. Bradley Nov 1907

Letter From E. A. Bradley To Theodore Roosevelt, [1907] Nov 22., E. A. Bradley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]

[1907]

11-28

Theo. Roosevelt, President of the U. S.
Washington, D. C.

Honored Sir:--

I am a lover of nature and particularly of the Yosemite National Park. I most emphatically and sincerely protest against the invasion of one of its most magnificent and hospitable features-Hetch-Hetchy Valley-by its proposed use as a water reservoir, thus destroying its use as a camping site for the thousands that otherwise will continue resorting to it in the future. It is admitted that there are several ample sources of water supply for San Francisco without so unnecessarily encroaching on and destroying this magnificent property …

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The Liberty Boys In Winter Quarters, Or, Skirmishing In The Snow, Harry Moore Nov 1907

The Liberty Boys In Winter Quarters, Or, Skirmishing In The Snow, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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