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Letter From C. Hart Merriam To John Muir, 1899 May 4., C. Hart Merriam

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[letterhead]

May 4, 1899

My dear Mr. Muir:

Since writing you last, John Burroughs has positively accepted, as have also Prof. Wm H. Brewer of Yale, Wm E. Ritter of the University of Calif., Chas. A. Keeler and others.
I trust you have by this time arranged matters so that you can say positively that you will go. The ship will sail from Seattle on or about May 31.
In case you have not already written, will you kindly wire me on receipt of this, as that I can give complete returns to Mr. Harriman.

Hoping to meet you soon. …

Letter From John Muir To Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Rough draft of letter]

[May. '99 ]

Dear Sarah & Anna:

Goodbye. I'm off tomorrow for Alaska with a large scientific party. I was in the thick of my writing and would not have gone, however tempting the company and auspices had [it] not been that we are to visit the very part of the Coast I have not yet seen, least easy of access, that I have long been wanting to visit - namely from Yakutat to Cook Inlet and Kodiak. I had to go some time anyhow.
We go on a special steamer. All expenses are paid by …

Workaday World, May 1899, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1899 Apr 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Apr. 30, 1899

My dear Prof. Sargent

You are no doubt right about the little Tahoe reservation - a scheme full of special personalities pushed through by a lot of lawyers etc but the more we get the better anyhow it is a natural park & because of its beauty & accessibility is visited more than any other park of the Sierra except Yosemite.
All I know of the Rainier & Olympic reservations has come through the newspapers The Olympic will surely be attacked again & again for its timber but the interests of Seattle & Tacoma will probably …

Letter From Martin Kellogg To John Muir, 1899 Apr 30., Martin Kellogg

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Thanks -

I which be very glad to see a forestry department added to the Univ
But as I know very little almost nothing on [illegible] of Scientific forestry I must decline the honor. You so kindly offer of [illegible] me to the Regents as honorary professor my dear [Dr?] [illegible].
I heartily thank you for wishing to remember me as Hon Prof of Forestry to the Board of Regents of the University. You have I [illegible] me this is a great honor & assure you as it [happily?] [appointment?]
[as?] Cal has the noblist forests in [O?] & …

Letter From John Muir To [Henry Fairfield] Osborn, 1899 Apr 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Apr. 30, 1899

My dear Prof. Osborn,

Mrs. Osborns letter of the 9th of this month was answered by mine of about the same date-all but the loving kindness of it, I did not accept the invitation to go north until I received your letter. How grand it would be could you go, I got the name of the head of the party only two days before the arrival of your letter & you may be sure I was glad to get your information. To think you should know I was going and with whom before I did!
Now …

Letter From John Muir To C. H[Art] Merriam, 1899 Apr 30., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez. Cal.
Apr. 30, 1899

Prof. C. H. Merriam
Washington, D.C

My deer Sir;

The way now seems clear for the Alaska trip, and in accordance with Mr. Harriman's kind invitation I'll hope to join his party at Seattle about the end of next month. As soon as the day of sailing is fixed please let me know it.
To this trip I look forward with much pleasure not only for the new country but the company. Usually I have to go alone. Please convey my thanks to Mr. Harriman and believe me

Ever yours,

JOHN MUIR

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Letter From F[Ranklin] E. Perham To John Muir, 1899 Apr 29., Franklin E. Perham

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April 29, 1899

Mr. John Muir,

Dear Sir,

We have in Berkeley an organization of the public school teachers which has been engaged [during?] the year in securing speakers who have something to say of interest not only to the teachers but to all who are interested in the public schools. It is our desire to hear from John Muir on some topic connected with the Sierras or his experience elsewhere on the Pacific Coast. Can you not give us a date some time in May? I can assure you of a hearty reception. Please let me hear from …

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1899 Apr 28., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Jamaica Plain, Mass..................April 28,...............1890.

My dear Muir:

I have a letter from Dr. WolcottAdescribing the recent meeting of the National Academy in Washington in which he says,- "Wolcott gave an account of his work on the forestry question and said that ninety per cent, at least of the recommendations of. your report were adopted and that there had been a complete change of feeling and information in regard to the whole forest question, even Senator Pettigrew had come out as violently for the recommendations of the report as he formerly was against them." He further stated that in a very …

Letter From W[Illia]M G. Kerckhoff To W[Illia]M H. Knight, 1899 Apr 28., William G. Kerckhoff

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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WM.G. KERCKHOFF,
T. P. LUKENS,
CHARLES SILENT.
JOHN F. FRANCIS,
M. L. GRAFF,
ADOLPH PETSCH,
ABBOT KINNEY.

Forest and water Assoriation
of Lus Angeles county.
[Los Angeles Branch of the Forest and Water Society of Southern California.]

WM.G.KERCKHOFF. president,
254 S. Los Angeles St.,
T.P.LUKENS, Vice-pres.,
pasadena.
WM.H.KNIGHT, Secretary,
27Bryson block.

Lus Angeles, Cal. April 28, 1899.

To the Honorable
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The Forest and Water Association of Los Angeles County desires most respectfully to call your attention to the following facts:
The conservation of our mountain forests is a …

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1899 Apr 21., Charles Sprague Sargent

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ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass.........April 21,................1899.

My dear Muir:

You know more about the matter discussed in this dispatch to the new York Tribune. I have contempt for Mr. Binger Hermann and I have no doubt he will do harm to the reservations if he can. This matter ought to be headed off if there is any way in finding out what is going on.
I suppose the Reservation which I see the President has made is the same old racket which we encountered. I have no reason to believe that a reservation there is any more advantageous …

Letter From Henry F[Airfield] Osborn To John Muir, 1899 Apr 19., Henry Fairfield Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,
CENTRAL PARK (77th St. & Central Park, West).

NEW YORK, April 19th. 1899.

DEPARTMENT OF
VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY.

Mr. John Muir,

My Dear Mr. Muir,

Mrs Osborn and myself hold you as one of the very best of our friends. You have never shown your Christian spirit more beautifully than this winter in writing such full and interesting letters and finally in renewing your delightful invitation to visit the valley. I only wish we coula say'yes throw off all the cares of state, and join you for what I am sure would be one of the …

Letter From C. Hart Merriam To John Muir, 1899 Apr 19., C. Hart Merriam

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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April 19, 1899.

My dear Mr. Muir:

Glad to hear that you are likely to be with us in the Alaska trip. I can now give you some additional details.
The espedition belongs to Mr. E.H. Harriman of New York. Mr. Harriman is a wealthy and [escessinly?] busy business man. He [engaged?] the ship and asked my [illegible]eration in making up the scientific party. We went over a list and selected certain names, yours among them and at Mr. Harriman's request I am acting as his representative in making up the part of attending to these matters, as he …

5-7 Charles Chesnutt Correspondence- April 17, 1899, Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles Chesnutt - Correspondence

Letter from Charles W. Chesnutt to an unknown recipient regarding adding one of Chesnutt's stories to the Youth's Companion children's magazine.

Kept at Charles W. Chesnutt Library Archives & Special Collections Department at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC

Letter From John Muir To [Henry Fairfield] Osborn, 1899 Apr 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

To Henry Fairfield[?] Osburn

Martinez, Cal. Apr.10, 1899

My dear Osborn

You will see by the enclosed clipping that Yosemite is ready for you. The snow fall on the mountains has been comparatively light this winter & the best time to visit the Valley will probably be early in May. I am invited to join an exploring party of Naturalists, Botanists, Geologists etc on a special steamer to leave Seattle the last week of May for Glacier Bay, Yakutat, Cooks Inlet & Kodiack, & if you can come for Yosemite not later than the middle of next month I may …

Letter From John Muir To C. Hart Merriam, 1899 Apr 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California
April 10, 1899

Professor 0. Hart Merriam

Dear Sir:

I thank the "wealthy New Yorker" and you for inviting me to join a scientific party in an excursion to Cookes Inlet and Kodiak. This is the only part of tho H.W. coast I have not visited and I am strongly tempted to accept so flattering and advantageous an invitation at once. But I am partly engaged to lead a party into the Yosemite region in May and I cannot at this time be sure that I could be ready to join you at Seattle the last week of …

Letter From Louiu Perry Osborn To John Muir, 1899 Apr 9., Louiu Perry Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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activity of this winter almost over, and yet it seems but yesterday since, the lovely Autumn walks and talks we had at your Easten Home. There is so much I want to say, and time is out, as I am writing this on the [illegible]ing, but Prof. Osborn, and I send you our [best?] [love?], and

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Osborn

Sunday

April 9th

My dear,dear Mr Muir.

What I would give to sit down somewhere, and have a beautiful talk with you. Can not be mentioned as it would be the greatest possible pleasure to do so, and a relief adter …

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1899 Apr 8., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass.,..............April 8,...........1890.

My dear Muir:

I have just got your letter with enclosures which I return. I an glad some one has made an impression on Hermann. It shows what oppression will do to these sort of fellows. Sheep-grazing is just as bad in Oregon as it is in California, but Oregon politicians favor it and so the Oregon forests are destroyed. There won't be much progress until this man is out of office, although of course everything helps and you ought to be very gratified with what you have accomplished in California.
I …

Letter From John Muir To Theodore H. Hittell, 1899 Apr 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, April 7, 1899.

My dear Hittell,

I have read the Bear book. & on the whole I found it interesting. An introduction fully explaining the time & circumstances of your meeting Adams & what became of him is very important There is a great deal of vagueness all through the book which if you can clear up from your original notes or from information from his friends or acquaintances will be a grand improvement. His main camp he says was on the [Merced?] - a North Fork 40 miles N.W. from Yosemite Now he could not get half this …

Letter From Jas. Perrin Smith To John Muir, 1899 Apr 6., James Perrin Smith

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

April 6 1899

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Calif.

Dear Sir:

A number of California geologists met in Berkeley, in January, and formed a geological club, to be known as the "Cordilleran Geological Club", with Dr. [Leonte?] as president, and J.P. Smith as secretary.
It was decided to put your name among the charter members, if you have no objections. The next meeting will be held in San Francisco, in the council room of The California Academy of Sciences, Saturday April 29. 8pm. An informal dinner will be held at Jacques' restaurant S.F. Sacramento St., between Kearny & Montgomery Sts, at …

Letter From C. Hart Merriam To John Muir, 1899 Apr 1., C. Hart Merriam

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

April 1, 1899

Prof. John Muir

Martinez, Calif.

My dear Sir:

A wealthy New Yorker is going to Cook's Inlet and Kodiak, ID., starting from Puget Sound the last weeks of May and returning in 60 days. We will have one of the best steamers on the Pacific coast, and his purpose is to take his family and a party of scientific men and see the country to best advantages. We will take the inside passage up & probably return direct from Kodiak or the Peninsula. Among those going are Dr. Wm H. Dall, G.K. Gilbert (geologist), L.C. Caville …

Workaday World, April 1899, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Letter From John Muir To [George G.] Kip, 1899 Mar 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California March 28/9

My dear Mr Kip,

How have you all got through this grim Grippy winter? What with sickness in the family & fighting for forest preservation Ive made scarce any headway with the new book I'm trying to write & which I hoped to get out next fall. Mrs Muir has been laid up with Grippe nearly three months but is now recovering slowly & I hope to get something done.
The Osborns talk of the Yosemite trip for next May or June. Can't you come to Cal after a sojourn in Colorado? Ive always regretted not …

Letter From John Muir To Peter L. Trout, 1899 Mar 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez, California, March 28, 1899.

Peter L. Trout.

Dear Old Friend

I was delighted to receive your long newsy letter the other day from Circle City. What an interesting eventful life you have led & how fine a thing it would be had you kept a diary as fully & minute as Boswells. You should begin now jotting down at least a few lines every night. It would be interesting not only to your friends but to most everybody & even to yourself. I'm sorry you did not even keep a list of your writings. You have been the …

Letter From John Muir To [Richard Watson] Gilder, 1899 Mar 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, March 27. 1899.

My dear Mr Gilder

Muir

I shall be very glad to call on Mrs [Foote?] the first time Im in the city & tell her the Berkshire Hills story with all its blessed Gilders & glaciers. This will be a job after my own heart. Sargent sent me word that you were writing a book on Brook farms glaciers. Send me the icy stanzas you have written after striking out the semi humor & making the semi serious whole it must be a blank shame for a poet to write disrespectfully of glaciers even bucolic or …

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1899 Mar 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, March 27, 1899

My dear Johnson

We have won the fight against forest enemies The Sheepmen are nowhere, I'll send you a copy of Hermanns reply to a telegram Olney & I sent him. Ive spent most of the winter on forest protection at least Ive done little besides writing about it. For the first time we are to have a lot of guards in the Sierra Reservation with orders to keep out sheep etc & two troops of Cavalry have been ordered to the National Parks as usual inspite of the miserable Manilla war.
If only a few …

Letter From Warren Olney To Binger Harmann, 1899 Mar 22., Warren Olney

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

March 22, 9

HON BINGER HERMANN,

Commissioner of General Land Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Slr:-

Your letter, addressed to Mr. Muir and myself as Presidont and Vive-President of the Sierra Club, received. On behalf of all public spirited citizens of California, interostod in the preservation of the forests, I desire to thank you for your action and the interest you have taken in the matter. I send your letter to Mr. Muir by this mail, and have no doubt that he joins with me in this expression of thanks.
It is extremely hard to get our people to actively …

5-6 Letter To Mr. Page March 22, 1899, Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles Chesnutt - Correspondence

Letter from Charles W. Chesnutt to a Mr. Page

Kept at Charles W. Chesnutt Library Archives & Special Collections Department at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1899 Mar 17., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

March 17,1899

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

My dear John Muir,

Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote's address in San Francisco, at last accounts, was 1208 Leavenworth St. If you drop in on her, won't you tell her that you were up at our farm and saw her old friends, Helena deKay and Richard Watson Gilder; that you were at our house and saw us there; that you liked the farm, and that you hitched a glacier to it. By the way, I have written a great long piece (semi-humorous and semi-serious stanzas) about that …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1899 Mar 13., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

March 13, 1899.

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

My dear Muir,

You and I had some talk or correspondence at one time concerning the Mt. Rainier reserve, which has just been made a national park. I think-but would not say positively- that you gave us some sort of expectation that you would write on the subject for the magazine. Certainly we have declined two or three articles on the topic on the supposition that if we ever had a paper on hat it should be from you. Have you treated this …