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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 4., Robert Underwood Johnson Aug 1904

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 4., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENT
THE CENTUKT-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

C. C BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR

August 4th, 1904.

John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Calif.

My dear Mr. Muir:-

I am delighted with that part of your letter which tells me of the prospect of the recession of the Yosemite Valley. Your letter is delightful and I have sent it on to the President. Chittenden1s is encouraging and I return it herewith.
I am glad also to know that you are at work on your Yosemite book. Eurrah! Keep it up!

Sincerely yours,

[Illegible]

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Letter From W. H. Trout To John Muir, 1904 Aug 2., W. H. Trout Aug 1904

Letter From W. H. Trout To John Muir, 1904 Aug 2., W. H. Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

433 Grove St Milwaukee Wis Aug 2 - 1904

John Muir Esq Martinez Cal

Dear Friend John

I am not given to worrying but I felt a trifle anxious but your letter and the announcement of our banker disposed of it all; after hearing from headquarters he gave me a new check which was shortly afterward forwarded to Charlie, your letter going with it. He was away out on the Indian Peninsula north of Owen Sound in camp. Of course he did not get it very soon and evidently like myself was in no great hurry answering so more than …

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Letter From W. J. Shields To John Muir, 1904 Aug., W. J. Shields Aug 1904

Letter From W. J. Shields To John Muir, 1904 Aug., W. J. Shields

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[2]

beautiful over there, and a very short distance to walk to get into it. I think it was a great pity you did not visit Tasmania as I am sure you would have got some new specimens; but I hope the last trip was not the final, and that you will soon take it into your head again to visit Australia; and then I will be better prepared to go with you as I will know the geography of Australia better; and then we will break all records for cheap travelling. That trip of ours up to Queensland is …

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Letter From Andr. Mclennan To [John Muir], 1904 Jul 29., Andr Mclennan Jul 1904

Letter From Andr. Mclennan To [John Muir], 1904 Jul 29., Andr Mclennan

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

12[illegible]13 St. Andrew Square,

Glasgow, 29th, July '04

My dear Professor,

Very many thanks not only for 'The Mountains of California' but also for the kindly thought which prompted you to send me such a welcome gift. I shall read it again with great pleasure.
Be sure that whenever I hear the "Old Hundred" I shall think of you giving the birds & squirrels a musical evening. Tho I may not like them be able to leave I shall in imagination find myself on [illegible] Siberia listening to the story of your wanderings and of the escapades of your …

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Letter From John Muir To [R. W.] Gilder, 1904 Jul 28., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [R. W.] Gilder, 1904 Jul 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez, California

July 28, 1904-

Dear Mr Gilder:

I am now pegging away at that little Yosemite book & until it is off my hands I don't see how I can do anything for the Century, though I should like to ever so much.
Please remember me to your family & believe me ever faithfully yours

John Muir

Cool shady Four Brooks must be delightful these hot days.

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1904 Jul 28., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1904 Jul 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez, July 28, 1904

Dear Mr Johnson:

I have just written a note to Mr Gilder saying that I am at work on the little Yosemite book, & will not be likely to find time to do anything else until it is off my hands. Here are clippings & a letter on Yosemite affairs

Faithfully yours

John Muir

When are you coming west again?


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Letter From [Annie] Wanda [Muir] To [Louie S. Muir], 1904 Jul 27., Annie Wanda Muir Jul 1904

Letter From [Annie] Wanda [Muir] To [Louie S. Muir], 1904 Jul 27., Annie Wanda Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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SEQUOIA, TUOLUMNE, CO., CAL., July 27 1904

Dear Mama

We are back at Crockers where it seems very warm after the snowy higher country but where the trees are very beautiful and the food is very good. In about a week we will be at home again so I won't try to tell you much about our fine trip till I see you. I suppose Helen Swett got to Muir last night and that she has told you how much we have enjoyed our five weeks of camping. I wish that I could have stayed up in the mountains …

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Letter From Dorothy Barry To John Muir, 1904 Jul 27., Dorothy Barry Jul 1904

Letter From Dorothy Barry To John Muir, 1904 Jul 27., Dorothy Barry

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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New Zealand, you would be happy among your big trees again. I shall always look back on the days we spent with you in New Zealand as some of the most pleasant & delightful, & keep the book as a souvenior of one of our charming fellow-travellers whom we hope to meet again
With kindest remembrances from my brother & father

Believe me,

yrs sincerely

Dorothy Barry-

[in margin 400]

[1] [1904]

Blisworth
R.S.O
Northamptonshire

July 27th

My dear Mr. Muir,

I do not know how to thank you for sending me your beautiful book, it is so good …

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Letter From Helen [Muir] To [Louie S. Muir], 1904 Jul 26., Helen Muir Jul 1904

Letter From Helen [Muir] To [Louie S. Muir], 1904 Jul 26., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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SEQUOIA, TUOLUMNE, CO., CAL., July 26 1904

Dear Mama

We are back at Crocker's once more resting. It is pretty hot here but as I have a little cold it is good for me. Our trip is about over, and we will be home in about a week will let you know later. I found I could not walk as I used to, on this trip, but have enjoyed it all wonderfully. Wanda and Helen Sweet climbed Mt. Lyell with the club, but I did not attempt it. Wanda enjoyed it wonderfully and is thankful that she went. We …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Jul 26., Robert Underwood Johnson Jul 1904

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Jul 26., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDIT0RIAL-DEPARTMENT
THE CENTUKT-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

July 26, 1904.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR

My dear Muir:

I am giving a note of introduction to you to my friend Henry W. Cannon, President of the Board of Trustees of the Chase National Bank of this city, and one of the leading men in the Pacific Coast Co. which operates a line from Seattle to Alaska. Mr. Cannon is now in Seattle and I think is to he there until about the first of September. If you should go up there …

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Letter From John Muir To [James] Murdock, 1904 Jul 26., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [James] Murdock, 1904 Jul 26., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California
July 26, 1904

Dear Mr Murdock;

I'm glad you are coming West again & that I shall have the pleasure of seeing you. It seems to me however that the middle of August is rather late to start on such a journey; for it would be the first of September at best before you reached the Yellowstone, & though the weather is often good through that month or even later sometimes it is rough & blustery with snow or sheet, for the Park lies at an elevation of about 8000 feet, & the cold might make you shorten …

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Letter From John Muir To [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1904 Jul 21., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1904 Jul 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Original letter returned to Miss Katherine Merrill Graydon]

Martinez,California,
July 21. 1904.

Dear Miss Graydon:
My little visit to you in your charming island home was delightful, and I have since wished it had been months instead of hours, and no doubt some of us will be with you again in good times to come.
I found everybody and things here about as usual. Wanda and Helen are in the High Sierra having, of course, a grand trip. Helen is quite well again. The Colemans are putting up a nice new house. The Swetts are well. Frank has a wonder …

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Letter From John Muir To James Davie Butler, 1904 Jul 20., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To James Davie Butler, 1904 Jul 20., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[5?] Martinez, California

July 20, 1904.

Dear James Davie Butler,

Yosemite Magnet:

In all my life , now growing long, no other psychological X ray has proved so strong as that shot from yourself as you entered Yosemite 35 years ago, which, as you know, suddenly awakened me from contemplation of the landscape on the top of North Dome & pulled me down to you over rocks & brush by a way I knew not. This to me is still a prime marvel; but I do not marvel that you still walk the earth. For with temperance & tough, inherited …

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Letter From John Muir To Wanda & Helen [Muir], 1904 Jul 19., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To Wanda & Helen [Muir], 1904 Jul 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, July 19th, 1904.

Dear Wanda and Helen:

We are very glad you are having a happy time and hope you will lay in a stock of health that will carry you through the dog days of school in triumph. Your call for candy came late, but I suppose you will at least be able to work on it on the way home. A big box of the stuff, hard as iron, made by the blacksmith or his wife (who is always brewing some dental mischief or other) was sent you by express yesterday, marked thus -- Wanda Muir, Yosemite …

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Letter From John Muir To J. E. Calkins, 1904 Jul 18., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To J. E. Calkins, 1904 Jul 18., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

July 18, 1904.

Mr J. E. Calkins,

Davenport, Iowa.

My dear Sir:

You may be sure I sorely regret missing a visit from you, for good lovers of God's wildness are far from common even in these days of nature-books, nature-studies, & outings. I was in Australia when your kind letter to me was written, & did not get home untill the end of May.
But you must come again. Editors should take a good long rest every year, a complete reviving rest especially after long continued over work has brought on nervous prostration "observations on the country, …

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Letter From John Muir To Harmon O. Parsons[Et. Al.], [1904 Jul 17]., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To Harmon O. Parsons[Et. Al.], [1904 Jul 17]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Rough draft of letter to Los Angeles Scholars]

[Ju1y, 1904]

Harmon 0. Parsons,
2707 Hobart Block,
cor. 24th St. & Western Ave., 24th St. School.

Marie Wattron,
1812 W. 24th St., Los Angeles.
Lillian Sexton
Mabel Colf.

Mabel Colf
Lilian Sexton
Marie Wattron & Harmon Parsons.

Dear scholars four:

Your good and kind letters to me were written [while] I was in Australia, and when I got home and read them none of the big pile on my desk pleased me more.
The fine new schoolhouse you so well describe, set on [a] breezy hill, fanned by the breezes before …

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Letter From John Muir To Mabel Colf, [Et Al.], 1904 Jul 17., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To Mabel Colf, [Et Al.], 1904 Jul 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, July 17, 1904.

Dear scholars four,

Mabel Colf, Lilian Sexton, Marie Watron & Harmon O. Parsons, I was far away in Australia beneath the Southern Cross when your kind good letters to me were written, & when I got home I read them. non of the big pile on my desk pleased me more.
It was very kind of you to write these letters, & I thank you & your teacher & others for the honors you report, especially the dedication of your Arbor Day Redwood.
The Redwood grows taller than any other tree in the world. One that …

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Letter From John Muir To [H. F.] Osborn, [1904 Jul 16]., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [H. F.] Osborn, [1904 Jul 16]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[ca 16 Jul 1904]

Dr Mr Osborn = When I got back home after more than a years wandering over the world in both hemispheres N & S In the big talus of letters books pamphlets etc accumulated during more than a year [away?] from home. I found yr Boom & Crocke[illegible] address which I have heartily enjoyed It is an admirable plea for our poor horizontal fellow mortals [illegible] [illegible] first passing away in ruthless starvation & slaughter. Never before was the need for places of refuge & protection been so great. Fortunately at the last [hour?] when [illegible] …

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Letter From Alden Anderson To John Muir, 1904 Jul 15., Alden Anderson Jul 1904

Letter From Alden Anderson To John Muir, 1904 Jul 15., Alden Anderson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ALDEN ANDERSON,
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
CALIFORNIA,
1903-1907.

Sacramento, Calif., July 15, 1904.

Hon. John Muir,
Martinez, Calif.

My dear Mr. Muir:-

Your favor in reply of the 13th inst. duly to hand. We had a conference this morning with Major Chittendon, Mr. R. D. Marshall and Mr. Prank Bond. There were present either in person or by representation, practically all the State officials; Senator Devlin of Sacramento, Senator Rowell of Fresno, former Congressman Loutitt of Stockton and several others. I read your letter to the assembled conference and your suggestions were very well received. I desire to thank you for going into …

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Letter From John Muir To [Frank] Seaman, 1904 Jul 15., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To [Frank] Seaman, 1904 Jul 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal. July 15, 1904

Dear Mr Seaman:

I sincerely thank you for your kind invitation to make the Yosemite trip with you- a trip which at all times & seasons is one after my own heart though seldom make under auspices so pleasant as yours. It is with great regret therefore that I find it impossible to get away from the pile of work accumulated during more than a years absence abroad.

Thanking you again

I am with best wishes

faithfully yours

John Muir.

03408

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The Liberty Boys And The Sentinel, Or, The Capture Of Fort Washington, Harry Moore Jul 1904

The Liberty Boys And The Sentinel, Or, The Capture Of Fort Washington, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Bliss Perry To John Muir, 1904 Jul 15., Bliss Perry Jul 1904

Letter From Bliss Perry To John Muir, 1904 Jul 15., Bliss Perry

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL OFFICE OF **THE** ATLANTIC MONTHLY 4 PARK ST. * BOSTON

July 15, 1904.

Dear Mr. Muir,

Before you went to Asia with professor Sargent, you were good enough to say that you would bear in mind the possibility of writing out for the Atlantic some of your impressions of the Journey. Now that you are comfortably settled at home again, I hope you have already begun to take your pen in hand. It will be a great pleasure to learn, at your convenience, that you are inclined to serve the Atlantic once more.

Sincerely yours,

[Illegible]Mr. John Muir.

03406

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Letter From John Muir To Helen & Wanda [Muir], 1904 Jul 14., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To Helen & Wanda [Muir], 1904 Jul 14., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez July 14, 1904

Darlings Helen & Wanda

We were very glad to get your letters assuring us you were well & happy & telling us about your trip to Mono & Mt Dana etc You should also climb Mt Gibbs if you have time & make notes on the plants. also the big gray broad topped Mammoth Mountain next to Mono Pass on the south But don't go through the brushy snaky Tuolumne Canon. & don't go up Mt Ritter on account of the miles of ice you would have to travel over. We are all well Heaven bless …

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Letter From John Muir To Alden Anderson, 1904 Jul 13., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From John Muir To Alden Anderson, 1904 Jul 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, July 13th 1904.

27[illegible]

Dear Mr Anderson,

I have already met Major Chittenden Mr R. B. Marshall & Mr Frank Board & discussed with them the matters referred to in your letter to me affecting the Yosemite National Park. In general I am opposed to the changes that would dininish the area of the park. It should rather be increased. A small portion on the southwest corner where a few mines are located might well be cut off, provided this would not result in making the destruction of the forests on patented lands thereabouts easy & sure.
The private …

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Letter From Harvey Reid To John Muir, 1904 Jul 13., Harvey Reid Jul 1904

Letter From Harvey Reid To John Muir, 1904 Jul 13., Harvey Reid

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Maquoketa, Iowa, JUL 13 1904 190

Dr. John Muir

Martinez Cal.

My Dear Sir:-

I was very glad to receive your greeting a few days ago. I really think that I can recall the handwriting from the days of the old North Dormitory. I congratulate you on the world trip that you made - a gallant undertaking at your age. I believe that I would be unable to endure it. Your long absence makes me suspect that you did not see the Outlook for Nov. 28. 1903, and as I wrote the article which appeared in it mainly for …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Alden] Anderson, [Ca. 1904 Jul 13]., John Muir Jul 1904

Letter From [John Muir] To [Alden] Anderson, [Ca. 1904 Jul 13]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Rough draft of letter] [ca. 1904 Jul 13]

[Alden Anderson]
Dear Mr. Anderson (?):

I have already met Mayor Chittenden, Mr. R. B. Marshall and Mr. Frank Bond yesterday in S.F., and considered with [them] the revision of the Yo[semite] Park boundaries. In gen[eral] I am opposed to changes that would diminish the area of the park. It should rather be increased. A small portion on the S.W. cor[ner] where a few mines are located might be cut off, provided this would not result in making easy and sure the destruction of the forests on patented lands thereabout. If practicable, …

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Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1904 Jul 11., Charles Sprague Sargent Jul 1904

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1904 Jul 11., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 11, 1904.

My dear Muir:

I am much obliged for your letter of July 6th and the information about our St. Petersburg friend who, on the whole, was about as satisfactory a Russian as we encountered.
You can very well talk about making descriptions short and sharp and crystal clear. If any one can understand what I have written they will do better than I can. Color touches all left out as we are very short of space. The illustrations are really good and instructive, and I hope the keys will prove …

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Letter From Helen Wainright To John Muir, 1904 Jul 10., Helen Wainright Jul 1904

Letter From Helen Wainright To John Muir, 1904 Jul 10., Helen Wainright

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Browns Flat

Sonora July 10th

1904

Mr Muir

Dear Sir

I was much surprised last night at receiving your butifule present, it brought to my mind some recolections of erly days, that we spend in the old town of Dunbar, in Scotland the Home of the enlightment and the brave little did we think we would at this time be denesens of this faraway land of our childhood days I have now lived in California thirty five years Married to an English man that time

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I have read in the Examiner much about you with entrest and pleasure, and …

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Letter From Henry Gannett To John Muir, 1904 Jul 7., Henry Gannett Jul 1904

Letter From Henry Gannett To John Muir, 1904 Jul 7., Henry Gannett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HG-ELDP

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

WASHINGTON, D. C. July 7, 1904.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cala.

My dear Muir,

I have your note of June 4th written just after your return to God's country. I am sorry I could not wait in Manila for you, for we could have had a good time trotting around together, but the census was finished while you were still in the Himalayas, and I had no excuse for remaining. Isn't it a dear, quaint old town?
I am in the middle of the preparation of a report upon the Philippine …

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Letter From D. F. Abbott To [John Muir], 1904 Jul 7., D. F. Abbott Jul 1904

Letter From D. F. Abbott To [John Muir], 1904 Jul 7., D. F. Abbott

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

653

Oxford, Kan. July 7th '04.

Long missed friend,-

Your letter & contents were surprisingly, joyfully & thankfully rec'd. I accidentally saw in some periodical your wood cut a little large than the one you sent with leaflets, and placed it in "Hacketon Acts" - so I could see your shadow at least - I've had it about three or 4 yrs. Well, I could write a little volume on the past 40 years, but I will only make a few statements in this [illegible]e, thinking it may be the last I may write - & that you may be …

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