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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 25., Robert Underwood Jonhson Sep 1907

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 25., Robert Underwood Jonhson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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

ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL.
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

September 25, 1907

My dear Muir:

I thank you for your Hetch Hatchy material. I will make the best use I can of it as soon as possible. Meantime I have written urgently to Pinchot.

Faithfully yours,

[illegible]

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

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

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal., Sept. 20, 1907.

Dear Mr. Colby:

I inclose a copy of our report. I forgot to ask you theother day about what the resolutions should be but I think I have gotthe main point. It was sent to Secretary Garfield last Saturday.I think we had better have quite a number of this report with theother papers printed and scattered where they will do most good.
Drop me a line occasionally and let me hear how things aregoing. In particular I think it important to have the Mazamas act with us. Send them a copy of our report as …

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Letter From Susan L. Mills To John Muir, 1907 Sep 23., Susan L. Mills Sep 1907

Letter From Susan L. Mills To John Muir, 1907 Sep 23., Susan L. Mills

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

MILLS COLLEGE. CALIF.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

Sept. 23, '07.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I write to ask a great favor of you. I know you do not like to speak in public but our family of two hundred and fifty would like very much to have you instruct and honor us by speaking to us here.
I have been asked a number of times to invite you to come and speak to us and any day which would be convenient to you we should be most happy to have you with us.
We have our lectures on Wednesday at half past …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [19]07 Sep 23., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [19]07 Sep 23., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California
September 23/07

Dear Mr. Johnson:

Here is a copy of the report of the Sierra Club committee, sent to Secretary Garfield a few days ago. I think it would be a good thing to get the Appalachian Club to endorse it.
Mr. Pinchot came into the Director's meeting near its close. Heheard the principal objections discussed but I was disapointed in not getting a quiet talk with him to explain fully. He has never seen Hetch Hetchy. Mr. Pinchot's big mistake is taking Mr. Phelan's voice and the few under his direction as the voice of San Francisco. …

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Letter From I. Rennie To John Muir, 1907 Sep 22., I. Rennie Sep 1907

Letter From I. Rennie To John Muir, 1907 Sep 22., I. Rennie

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Welloroft.

Kelensburhg.

22nd.Sept.1907.

Dear Mr. Muir.

The reading of the enclosed slip, out from a local paper [brought] you to my mind. It will show you Low Dunbar stands at the pre ent day.
The only news that I have is that Willie Doug las is going to take unto himself a wife. and that on the 21st Jany. next. I do not know the lady. and all I know so faris her name, Phyllis Proctor, that she lives in New castle, and that I have agreed to act as best [illegible]an at the wedding.
Excuse my first attempts on …

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Letter From John Muir To [James R. Garfield], 1907 Sep 20., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [James R. Garfield], 1907 Sep 20., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

njoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast: to publish authentic information concerning them: to enlist the co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural [illegible] the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

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. Badè . . . . . Berkley
Prof. George Davidson . 2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [19]07 Sep 19., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [19]07 Sep 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California.

Sept. 19/07.

Dear Mr. Johnson:

Here are a few clippings, a confused mess full of concealed motives. Youmay return them when done with them.
The objections to making Hetch Hetchy Valley a reservoir are briefly
(1)That such use would to a great damaging extent defeat the purpose and nullify the effect of the law creating the Park. For Hetch Hetchy is a counterpart of Yosemite, and a great and wonderful feature of the Park, next to Yosemite itself in beauty and grandeaur, visted by thousands even though as yet accessible only by trail.
(2)If dammed as proposed it …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles A.] Keeler, 1907 Sep 19., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Charles A.] Keeler, 1907 Sep 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Sep. 19/07

Dear Mr Keeler,

As no doubt you have seen by the newspapers, Mr Phelan & the S.F. Supervisors are trying to get the use of Hetch Hetchy Valley for a reservoir for city water supply. Their application to the Secretary should be denied because Hetch Hetchy is a wonderful counterpart of Yosemite with the same grand walls similiar in form & sculpture, with falls gardens groves meadows etc To dam it would be as destructive & deplorable an its effects on the Park as damming Yosemite itself. For not only would it be rendered utterly unaccessible but …

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Letter From William Loeb To John Muir, 1907 Sep 19., William Loeb Sep 1907

Letter From William Loeb To John Muir, 1907 Sep 19., William Loeb

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Oyster Bay, N. Y.,

September 19, 1907.

My dear Mr. Muir:

Referring to your recent communication protesting against the projects for storage reservoirs in the Yosemite National Park, the President directs me to send you for your information the enclosed letter on the subject from the Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Very truly yours,

[illegible]

Secretary to the President.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Enclosure

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1907 Sep 18., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1907 Sep 18., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Sep 18, 1907

Dear Mr Johnson:

I have written a description of Hetch Hetchy most of it like thedescription published in the Century Sep. 1890, & have offered it to the Outlook with a letter to Lyman Abbott hoping it might soon be published. A copy of the part refering to the present water scheme I am sending with this, not to be published until I have heard from the Outlook.
I have also sent copies of the article to the President & Garfield with personal letters, & will soon send copies of Sierra Club resolutions on the confounded …

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Letter From Fred A. Barber To John Muir, 1907 Sep 18., Fred A. Barber Sep 1907

Letter From Fred A. Barber To John Muir, 1907 Sep 18., Fred A. Barber

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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BOSTON. Sept. 18, 1907.

Sr. John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Dear Mr. Muir:-

I have just arrived in Boston, after a three weeks' strenuous …

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Letter From George W. Woodruff To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1907 Sep 18., George W. Woodruff Sep 1907

Letter From George W. Woodruff To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1907 Sep 18., George W. Woodruff

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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DOM

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

WASHINGTON.

W. B. A.

September 18, 1907.

THE PRESIDENT:

Tour letter of the 16th instant has been received, enclosing a communication from Mr. John Muir protesting against the projects for storage reservoirs for the San Francisco water-supply in the Yosemite National Park, and requesting a report thereon.
In response thereto, I have the honor to state that a communication was received at this Department from Mr. Muir on the 12th instant on the same subject, and he was advised on the 14th that the matter would be presented to the Secretary on his return …

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Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Sep 17., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Sep 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez,
Sep. 17/07

Dear Mr. Colby:

I met Mr. McAdie yesterday. He is going to Washington,starting today. His address there will he Weather Bureau. Washington, D.C. He says he will do all he can for us. Wants all informationand points we can send him. I'm sure you will do your best toarm him for fight by keeping him posted.

Faithfully yours,

John Muir.

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Letter From C. H. Sholes To James R. Garfield, 1907 Sep 16., C. H. Sholes Sep 1907

Letter From C. H. Sholes To James R. Garfield, 1907 Sep 16., C. H. Sholes

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Portland, Oregon, Sept. 16, 1907.

Honorable James R. Garfield,

Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:--

I am informed that a private corporation is seeking permission from the Government to appropriate and divert the flow of certain streams in Yosemite National Park, in California, together with appropriation of a large tract of land (specifically, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, a part of said National Park), for use as a storage reservoir; ostensibly for the purpose of furnishing water to San Francisco and adjacent cities.
Since my interest in this proposition, as a resident of Oregon, may be deemed somewhat …

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Letter From Theodore Roosevelt To John Muir, 1907 Sep 16., Theodore Roosevelt Sep 1907

Letter From Theodore Roosevelt To John Muir, 1907 Sep 16., Theodore Roosevelt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Oyster Bay, N.Y.,

September 16, 1907.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I gather that Garfield and Pinchot are rather favorable to the Hetch Hetchy plan, but not definitely so. I have sent them your letter with a request for a report upon it. I will do everything in my power to protect not only the Yosemite, which we have already protected, but other similar great natural beauties of this country; but you must remember that it is out of the question permanently to protect them unless we have a certain degree of friendliness toward them on the …

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Letter From John Muir To [Edward T.] Parsons, 1907 Sep 13., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Edward T.] Parsons, 1907 Sep 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Sep. 13/07

Dear Mr Parsons,

Well done. Do some more of the same kind as your letter to the Secretary. Public opinion can be aroused only by repeated statements letting light on the subject.
I also have been doing what I could- & am still at work.

Faithfully yours

John Muir

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The Liberty Boys At Basking Ridge, Or, The Loss Of General Lee, Harry Moore Sep 1907

The Liberty Boys At Basking Ridge, Or, The Loss Of General Lee, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

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Letter From John Muir To [R. B.] Marshall, 1907 Sep 12., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [R. B.] Marshall, 1907 Sep 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal.

Sep 12, 1907

Dear Mr Marshall-

I thank you very much for your truly good & kind invitation to Sacramento Of course I couldn't go guideless in that irigation chaparral, but I thought I might find some help in the effort the Sierra Club is making to save Hetch Hetchy from being dammed for a reservoir, tho a water congress is not a likely place for such help, & by the time your letter came I couldn't go.
Remember me warmly to Mrs Marshall & her sister & your charming children especially the youngest & believe me with …

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Letter From Jessie E. Wilson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 14., Jessie E. Wilson Sep 1907

Letter From Jessie E. Wilson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 14., Jessie E. Wilson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

DOM

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

WASHINGTON.

September 14, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Sirs:

Your letter of the 6th instant has been received, protesting against the granting of the application of the City of San Francisco for water from the Tuolumne River and a reservoir site in the Hetch Hetchy Valley, Yosemite National Park.
In response thereto, I have to state that a previous communication from you addressed to Mr. R. U. Johnson, Associate Editor of the Century Magazine, and by him forwarded to the President, was referred to this Department, and will be presented to the Secretary upon …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 12., Robert Underwood Johnson Sep 1907

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1907 Sep 12., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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

ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,

ASSISTANT EDITOR.

September 12, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

Dear Muir:

You will see from the enclosure that there is hardly any danger of a snap judgment in regard to the National Park-Water Supply matter.
Secretary Garfield will find two letters from me awaiting him upon his return, October 1st.
Here is an editorial of mine to appear in November, It was meant for October, but in my absence was crowded over. If you find anything wrong in it please let me know. Otherwise, do not return …

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Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Sep 11., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Sep 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal., Sept. 11/07.

Dear Mr. Calkins:

Helen and I are [very] glad that we are so soon to see you, and that you are to make our golden country your home.
You had better go direct to San Francisco, recheck your baggage there and take the first train to Martinez. Wire me from San Francisco and I'll try to be on hand. Martinez is only two miles from our house.
Hoping you will have a pleasant journey and that your days will be long in this land of promise, I am

faithfully yours,

[illegible]

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1907 Sep 9., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore Roosevelt], 1907 Sep 9., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr. Presidents=

Martinez, California. Sept. 9/07.

I am anxious that the Yosemite National Park may be saved from all sorts of commercialism and marks of man's work other than the roads, hotels etc required to make its wonders and blessings available. For as far as I have seen there is not in all the wonderful Sierra, or indeed in the world another so grand and wonderful and useful a block of Nature's mountain handiwork.
There is now under consideration, as doubtless you well know, an application of San Francisco Supervisors for the use of Hetch Hetchy Valley and Lake …

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Letter From Gifford Pinchot To John Muir, 1907 Sep 6., Gifford Pinchot Sep 1907

Letter From Gifford Pinchot To John Muir, 1907 Sep 6., Gifford Pinchot

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

J [SC?] 17 Paid Govt.

Martinez 9/6 73[illegible] 1907

Sacramento Cal 9/5

John Muir

Regret exceedingly pressing work keeps me here must start east Saturday

Gifford Pinchot

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Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1907 Sep 6., J. E. Calkins Sep 1907

Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1907 Sep 6., J. E. Calkins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Davenport, Ia., Sept. 6, 'o7.

My Dear Mr. Muir:---

Your delightful letter, making us more than welcome to your home, was duly welcomed. It is very fine of you to say such things to us whom you have never seen, and we deeply appreciate it all, but you must not think that we are going to weigh you down with the burden of feeding a couple of hungry Iowans for an indefinite or indeterminate time. You are more than kind with the invitation you have given us, but there will be no occasion to kill the fatted calf in anticipation. …

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Letter From John Muir To James R. Garfield, 1907 Sep 6., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To James R. Garfield, 1907 Sep 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

SEP 2. 1907.
TO CHIEF CLERK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Martinez, California, California. Sept. 6/07.

Dear Sir:

At the close of a meeting of the Sierra Club, called to consider the proposed Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Site, I met Mr. Pinchot, and after a brief talk in which the subject was outlined, he never having seen it, seemed surprised to learn how important a part of the Yosemite Park the Hetch Hetchy really is. He promised to call if possible after the close of the Irrigation Congress and go over the matter in detail, and advised me to write you in …

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Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To James H. [R.] Garfield, 1907 Sep 5., Edward T. Parsons Sep 1907

Letter From E[Dward] T. Parsons To James H. [R.] Garfield, 1907 Sep 5., Edward T. Parsons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

September 5, 1907.

Hon. James H. Garfield,
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

It has just come to my knowledge that an effort is being made by a clique of San Francisco to get permission of the National Government to dame and use as reservoir for city water supply the Hetch Hetchy Valley, a part of the Yosemite national Park.
As a citizen of California and the United States, and a property owner in both Berkeley and Oakland (which are also proposed to be served by the projected work) I emphatically protest against allowing any encroachment in …

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Letter From R. B. Marshall To John Muir, 1907 Sep 3., R. B. Marshall Sep 1907

Letter From R. B. Marshall To John Muir, 1907 Sep 3., R. B. Marshall

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

RBM-AMF

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

TOPOGRAPHIC BRANCH

Sacramento, California, September 3, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, California.

My dear Mr. Muir:

In reply to your letter of September 2d, I am very glad indeed to get your letter, and shall be more than glad to see you if you can spare the time to see what this Irrigation Congress is doing. We have our office in the same place in the post office building, but I am sorry to say that we have no home in Sacramento now to ask you to visit. Mrs. Marshall has …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1907 Sep 2., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1907 Sep 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez, Sep 2 1907

Dear Mr Johnson

This Yosemite fight promises to be the worst ever. Try to prevent the Secretary from making sudden decisions which our enemies are trying for Have got Sierra club at work. You try to arouse the Appalachian Am writing the President & Garfield, May have to go to Washington
Will send you description of Hetch Hetchy etc
Saw Pinchot the other day

Ever yours

John Muir

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Letter From John Muir To R. B. Marshall, 1907 Sep 2., John Muir Sep 1907

Letter From John Muir To R. B. Marshall, 1907 Sep 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Sep. 2, 1907

Dear Mr Marshall,

Where are you living now & how can I find you if I should venture into the irrigation storm now raging in Sacramento?
With kindest regards to you all & many pleasant memories

Ever faithfully yours

John Muir

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The Pacific Pharos, September, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Sep 1907

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

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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