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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1900 May 21., John Muir May 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1900 May 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(Original in possession of Charles S. Sargent)

Martinez, May 21, 1900.

My dear Prof. Sargent:

I'm glad to hear from you once more and to know that you are safely at home in good growling working order. You must have had a glorious time this flowery year, and I have often wished I was with you, and I might about as well have been for all I have accomplished, as I have been half dead with the Grippe and bronchitis all the time. Mellichamp writes with the greatest enthusiasm of the days he spent with you and Canby, declaring they …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1900 May 21., John Muir May 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1900 May 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

not well

Martinez, May 21 1900

My dear Lukens,

I have not been able to leave home for a long time on account of Grippe. So I cant give particulars as to Sequoia lands of Moore & Smith As to my views on the sheep forest business they are well known. Anyhow, I cant possibly write on the subject just now as I am away behind on promised articles that must be done soon. I dont belive however that the sheep evil will ever again gain headway in Cal. Yous should all insist on more guards.

Cordially Yours

John Muir

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Letter From Mrs. John Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir] To Unidentified, May 19, Louie Strentzel Muir May 1900

Letter From Mrs. John Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir] To Unidentified, May 19, Louie Strentzel Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

19 May The letter from Col. Sellers reached here last Friday morn, and soon after a message came from Mr. Muir in Portland, Oregon so I sent immediately a telegram in [return] answer telling him of your return from Europe and your cordial invitation to John Muir & William Keith to visit you in Chicago. I forwarded the letter to Portage Wisconsin where Mr. Muir [will stop] has gone to see his mother and sisters: and this morning he telegraphed from there that he had just arrived after a fine journey on the Nor. Pacific Mr. & Mrs. Keith went …

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Letter From Francis George To John Muir, May 18, 1900, Francis George May 1900

Letter From Francis George To John Muir, May 18, 1900, Francis George

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Valona May 18th 1900 Mr. John Muir Dear Sir Enclose please find Ck No 1 for $260.45 to be credited as follows. For rent on lot 2 B.H to June 1 9.00 for ground rent for lot 3 B.J. to June 1 20.00 on lot 3 B13 to E. Larsen 10.00 on lot 6 B13 to J. Schaustin 15.00 on lot 7 B13 to J. Patrick 40.00 on lot 4 B17 & recording to Peter H. Kind [?] 41.25 on mortgage & interest to June 1 to F. George 188.00 To C. Larsen for sewerage for 2 houses 62.80 To …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1900 May 4., Charles Sprague Sargent May 1900

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1900 May 4., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM HARVARD.UNIVERSITY

Jamaica Plain, Mass, March 5, 1900

My dear Muir;

I am back at last,after seven weeks' absence In the southern woods,to find your two letters. I am sorry if I have appeared peevish. I daresay the accusation is well taken. Perhaps you would be peevish If you had Crataegus on your hands, to say nothing of lots of Other new species,turning up constantly in all parts of the country and all demanding a place in The Silva which I had supposed and hoped was finished a year ago. It will take me all this year to complete …

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Lake Tahoe In Winter., John Muir May 1900

Lake Tahoe In Winter., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

LAKE TAHOE IN WINTER.* ; By John Muir. * Reprint of a letter published in the San Francisco Bulletin in 1878. The winter glory of the Sierra! How little is known of it! Californians admire descriptions of the Swiss Alps, reading with breathless interest how ice and snow load their sublime heights, and booming avalanches sweep in glorious array through their crowded forests, while our own icy, snow-laden mountains, with their unrivaled forests, loom unnoticed along our eastern horizon. True, only mountaineers may penetrate their snow-blocked fastnesses to behold them in all their white wild grandeur, but to every healthy …

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Workaday World, May 1900, University Of The Pacific May 1900

Workaday World, May 1900, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1900 Apr 28., John Muir Apr 1900

Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1900 Apr 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal. April 28, 1900

My dear Merriam,

I'll do what I can to get that ice done by the time you state, but do not be disappointed if yon do not see it until later, as my visit to Berkeley to meet the Harrimans two weeks ago nearly finished me. I'm now gaining again however. The Grippe is gone but I'm bothered with the bronchitis it left. Glad you are again well after so severe an attack - I may yet have to go camp on the Glacier.
It was delightful to see Mr. and Mrs. Harriman again and …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1900 Apr 28., John Muir Apr 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1900 Apr 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

As to acquiring the Calaveras grove

Martinez, Apr 28. 1900

My dear Lukens,

I have written to Senator Perkins as you desired recommending you as a member of the Appra[isement?] Committee on the Calaveras Grove. While the iron is hot we should I think strike for Government Ownership of all the Sequoias of the Sierra. I hear that the large holdings of the bankrupt Moore & Smith firm are now for sale by the creditors. Stir up the Water & Forest Club on the matter The more done by the Government for the Sierra forests the more will be done …

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Letter From Sallie Kennedy Alexander To John Muir, 1900 Apr 23., Sallie Kennedy Alexander Apr 1900

Letter From Sallie Kennedy Alexander To John Muir, 1900 Apr 23., Sallie Kennedy Alexander

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]

the month of June, and it would be a very great pleasure to me, to have you and Mr Alexander know one another.

With sincere regard

Your friend.

Sallie Kennedy Alexander

[1]

Chico. April 23d 1900

My dear Mr Muir.

My dear Sister, Mrs Bidwell, has desired me to write you her appreciation of the kind letters she has received from you, and say that she sincerely hopes you will be able to come to Chico, in the near future, and have accompany you any members of your family who would find it agreeable to come - That she …

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Letter From John Muir To [Walter H.] Page, 1900 Apr 13., John Muir Apr 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Walter H.] Page, 1900 Apr 13., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Cal.
Apr. 13, 1900

My dear Mr. Page,

I've been half dead all winter with Grippe and of course the crop of copy is very poor. I hope to send in my contribution to the Burroughs book in a month or two. It will only be a small lean scrawny sketch anyhow and might well go into one of the dry solemn science volumes.
Thanking you for your kind letter and heartily wishing you good luck as a publisher,

I am

Cordially yours,
JOHN MUIR

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Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1900 Apr 11., John Muir Apr 1900

Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1900 Apr 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

Martinez, Apr 11, 1900.

My dear Sellers,

Sure enough it has been an unconscionably long time without a word between us, though for a month or two I have been expecting to see you here. & when you letter cam I looked eagerly to see whether it was from Chicago or San Francisco. Well I was glad to get it anyhow though I wish the news had been better. Mrs Sellers not well & you still toiling & battling in that confounded big smothering company - on the other hand I'm glad to know that you are in good …

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Letter From Willie To Helen Muir, No Date, Willie [ ] Apr 1900

Letter From Willie To Helen Muir, No Date, Willie [ ]

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

You are a [sketch] April 7th Dear Helen, Little Willie got your nice letter & he wants me to let him write you one. Dear Helen I got your letter and it was a good letter. How is little Jony Muir? When are you coming to see me with your motther. Come soon as you can come now. Tomorrow. Can’t you come soon I want to see you Mr. Hittel is writing you but your mustn’t like him better than your little Willie

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Letter From R.Swain Gifford To John Muir, 1900 Apr 5., R. Swain Gifford Apr 1900

Letter From R.Swain Gifford To John Muir, 1900 Apr 5., R. Swain Gifford

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[marginalia]

The Rembrandt

152 W. 57th [St?]

New York April 5th

1900

My dear Mr Muir: -

Your note with postal order enclosed came two or three days ago. Mr [Dellenbaugh?] sent out the letters to the fellows some time ago, and a great proportion have been heard from. This plan I really did not know much about until a short time ago and was told I was put upon the Committee, after the letters had been sent out. Many of the men felt if this sort of thing could be well done they would be relieved of a feeling …

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Letter From Albert Salisbury To John Muir, 1900 Apr 4., Albert Salisbury Apr 1900

Letter From Albert Salisbury To John Muir, 1900 Apr 4., Albert Salisbury

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

April 4, 1900

John Muir.

Respected Sir, -

I have just been reading your article in the April Atlantic Monthly on "The Forests of the Yosemite Park" with great interest. I cant help thinking, what a pity that Mr. Emerson's friends were so senseless and inappreciative! I have a hunger for such scenery as your describe, and your book on the Mountains of California stirred up my longings immensely; but my work and responsibilities tie me fast, and I have never yet had liberty to gratify my craving for mountain air to any extent. I hope, some day, to …

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Letter From Mary W. Harriman To John Muir, 1900 Apr 3., Mary W. Harriman Apr 1900

Letter From Mary W. Harriman To John Muir, 1900 Apr 3., Mary W. Harriman

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

[letterhead]

April 3d

Dear Mr. Muir -

We expect to be in San Francisco the end of this week & hope for the pleasure of seeing you during our brief stay there - the address will be the Palace Hotel or care [Mr A.C. Stubbs?] Vice Pres - Southern Pacific R.R. Co It is but a divided family "Harriman Party"

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this time - only the two boys with Mr Harriman - myself - for the daughters were too deeply absorbed in their written studies to be interrupted by such a flying trip as this is. Hoping nothing may …

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The Forests Of The Yosemite Park., John Muir Apr 1900

The Forests Of The Yosemite Park., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

492 The Perplexities of a College President. The Forests of the Yosemite Park. 493 of our colleges and universities to-day is such that the president is easily overridden in all these matters by any faculty committee into whose hands work that is properly executive is generally committed. The result of all this is the present only too general attempt to build a comfortable house on a six-by-nine foundation, to secure satisfactory technical training with narrow and insufficient preparation, to attempt to establish university methods with students whose preparation to work under such methods has been little more than academic, and …

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Letter From Elliot Mcallister To John Muir, [Ca.1900 Apr] ., Elliot Mcallister Apr 1900

Letter From Elliot Mcallister To John Muir, [Ca.1900 Apr] ., Elliot Mcallister

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Dear Mr Muir -

Murdock has sent me this proof with two or three changes noted - unless I hear otherwise in a few days I will assume that you have no objection to the changes, which I have marked on my copy - so that you need not return this unless there be changes not marked -

Yrs truly

Elliott McAllister

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Workaday World, April 1900, University Of The Pacific Apr 1900

Workaday World, April 1900, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From John Muir To Charlie [A. Keeler], 1900 Mar 30., John Muir Mar 1900

Letter From John Muir To Charlie [A. Keeler], 1900 Mar 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Mar. 30, 1900.

My dear Charlie,

How busy you have been & how much you have accomplished. I'm very sorry to hear of you wifes illness & hope the spring weather will bring complete health. We have had Grippe here & all the miserable stupidity that belongs to it. Have done very little work lately. I promised to sketch the ice for the H.A.E. but have not commenced yet Wanda I guess finds little time for anything outside her studies. She She told us how much she enjoyed a visit at your charming house. Come up whenever you can …

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Letter From John Muir To C. Hart Merriam, 1900 Mar 30., John Muir Mar 1900

Letter From John Muir To C. Hart Merriam, 1900 Mar 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Mar. 30, 1900

My dear Merriam

I've been useless on account of grippe for the last six weeks and of course all my writing is miserably behind time. I am now a little better and trying to write an article for the Atlantic long promised. As soon as I get it off my hands I'll try that ice sketch. How long can I have to write it? If it might be too late to be available there's no use bothering with the thing. It can only be a scrawny outline sketch at best. We saw so little of the …

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Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1900 Mar 29., Walter H. Page Mar 1900

Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1900 Mar 29., Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY CABLE ADDRESS:
PUBLISHERS LONDON, SCOTOGRAPH
34 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK NEW YORK, DOUBLEPAGE

March 29th,1900

My dear Mr Muir:-

When I resigned the editorship of the "Atlantic Monthly" last Summer and left my good friends in Boston to become a publisher on my own account, one of my keenest regrets was that I should not have the pleasure of handling the matter that you are writing for them. This, however, does not prevent me from reading with keen pleasure all that you write, and I have just read the article in the April "Atlantic" and heard …

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Letter From Cha[Rle]S F. Lummis To John Muir, 1900 Mar 28., Charles F. Lummis Mar 1900

Letter From Cha[Rle]S F. Lummis To John Muir, 1900 Mar 28., Charles F. Lummis

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Mch 28 1900

Dear Prophet

Thank you for the letter. We'll take a club in that cause, also. Thanks Heaven for the good turn of things about the Sequoias! I shall be glad to keep on the trail of these things, whenever I can see a chance to do any good; & will be grateful at any time for expert suggestion. Incredible as it may seem, I don't know everything!

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But I want to serve this good country. If I go north next month to the Educational Commission meeting, it must be very hurriedly up & back; [&] …

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Letter From C. Hart Merriam To John Muir, 1900 Mar 26., C. Hart Merriam Mar 1900

Letter From C. Hart Merriam To John Muir, 1900 Mar 26., C. Hart Merriam

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Washington, March 26, 1900.

My dear Mr. Muir:

The contract for publishing the Harriman Volumes has been awarded to Doubleday, Page & Co. They are young and energetic and I am sure will do better by us than some of the older firms. Mr. Page you know very well, formerly editor of the Atlantic.
They have begun on Burroughs narrative and want to put the whole book in type as soon as possible. Your article should come next to Burroughs, but it has not yet arrived and I have a lurking fear that you have not written it. I earnestly …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1900 Mar 25., John Muir Mar 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1900 Mar 25., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Mar. 25, 1900

My dear Prof. Sargent.

I cannot find a spare copy of No 14 Sierra Club Bulletin. Still if you must have it I'll break my own set. You say I did not try to help you to get good photographs of sugar-pine & Redwood. Go to, you grumbling sinner! sighing by guess like a wounded Jeffrey pine in a gale. I spent days turning over my own Coll. & others in San Frnacisco & sent the best I could find. Mr Sawyer tells me he is going to get a betterlends & try to make a …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1900 Mar 24., John Muir Mar 1900

Letter From John Muir To [Charles F.] Lummis, 1900 Mar 24., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Mar. 24, 1900.

[in margin: Gen 3174]

My dear Lummis,

Many thanks for you editorial in last Sunshine. The two Calaveras groves seem safe at last. Now we must fight for a decent administration of parks & reservations in general on a permanent basis. Only the merest beginning has been made. In particular the appropriations for forest guards & rangers are ridiculously inadequate. I should like very much to see you but the way seems blocked just now, with work that should have been off my hands

long before this. Of miserable interruptions there has been no end this …

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Letter From Aunt Bess To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1900 Mar 23, Bess [ ] Mar 1900

Letter From Aunt Bess To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1900 Mar 23, Bess [ ]

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Bonham Texas March 23rd 1900 My Dear Louie I have thought ever since receiving yours and Wanda’s beautiful Christmas remembrances, I would write and thank you for them and tell you how much I appreciate your loving remembrance. I have not been strong this winter and have waited for Spring to bring me my usual health and I am better. I have thought of you so many, many time and thought how much I would give to see you again. I do think you might make us a visit. I think we could find things of interest—if not of beauty—in …

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Letter From Warren Gregory To John Muir, 1900 Mar 23., Warren Gregory Mar 1900

Letter From Warren Gregory To John Muir, 1900 Mar 23., Warren Gregory

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

March 23

John Muir,Esq.,

Martinez,Cal.

Dear Sir;-

I wrote you some time ago in reference to a meeting of the Unitarian Club,which was then fixed for the evening of Monday the 25th instant. Owing to a reception to be given President Hadley,which had been previously set for the same date, it had been decided to postpone this meeting,so that it will now be held on the evening of Monday,April 1, at 6.30 o'clock,at the rooms of the Merchants'Club,#222 Sansome Street.

Sincerely yours,

Warren Gregory

President.

#222 Sansome Street.

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Letter From Warren Gregory To John Muir, 1900 Mar 18., Warren Gregory Mar 1900

Letter From Warren Gregory To John Muir, 1900 Mar 18., Warren Gregory

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

March 18

Prof. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

Dear Sir;

At the meeting of the Unitarian Club of this City,to be held on the evening of Monday March 25,at the Rooms of the Merchants Club, #222 Sansome Street,there will be discussed the general topics of the Forests, the Mountains and the Rivers of California. It is the easrnest desire of the Council,as well as of myself,that you be present as the guest of the Club. I know your dislike for public speaking,and shall not therefore urge you and shall feel strictly bound not to call upon you unless you consent; …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1900 Mar 13., Robert Underwood Johnson Mar 1900

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1900 Mar 13., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

March 13, 1900.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez California.

Dear Sir:

I thank you very much for your note of the 5th and for your solicitude on account of my health. I ought to tell you that the actual work involved in the conduct of a magazine is not very troublesome, but the thing that gives us anxiety is our failure to extract copy from our intimate friends, like Hobson, Tesla, and others. Our enemies we can browbeat, but with our friends browbeating would be of no avail. The circus I had with Hobson has only been equalled by the …

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