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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 Jun 9 ., John Muir Jun 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 Jun 9 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, June 9, 1898

My dear Prof. Sargent -

Yours of June 2 was received just after I had mailed you a letter stating the condition of the Abies flower business & sent a few half opened staminate specimens
Miss Eastwood should be back from the summit of the Sierra tomorrow, & she promise to report to me promptly as there is now no time to lose. Should she & Sonne fail I'll go to the woods above the Yosemite next week & try yet once more - the flower crop this year is very scant.
I have about made …

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Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1898 Jun 8., John Muir Jun 1898

Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1898 Jun 8., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, June, 8th 1898.

My dear Sellers.

I had a charming group of mountain days in the Sierra & Washoe Mountains after I left you, but I was too early for the fir flowers I was seeking. I have just returned from a weeks trip to Mt Shasta but have again failed to find the magnifica flowers. I had a good time however in the snow & bracing air. I saw Keith yesterday & found him about as semisane as usual & greatly enjoying the Nicoliana you sent him, Mine also came to hand & is very fine. I may …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Jun 8., John Muir Jun 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Jun 8., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, June 8. 1898

My dear Johnson,

That was a fine strong timely article on the forests you wrote, in the midst of this Cuba [din?]. But nevertheless the National Parks as well as the reservations are being invaded by loads of sheep & not a single man with sustained authority is on the ground to oppose the destruction. Cant you or Pinchot or Bowers get Bliss to send somebody out with power to fight them off? A half dozen bluecoats - that would not be missed from the Army would be enough to save the forests.
How is the …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 Jun 7., John Muir Jun 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 Jun 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, June 7, 1898.

My dear Prof. Sargent.

Yesterday I returned from a weeks trip to Shasta & the Scott Mountains for magnifica flowers but am again in bad luck. I searched the woods wallowing through the snow nearly to the upper limit of the fir belt but saw no flowers or buds that promised any except on a few trees. I cut down six on Shasta & two on Scott Mtns nest of Sissons. On one of the Shasta trees I found the staminate flrs just emerging from the scales but not a single pistillate flr. I send the …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Jun 2., Charles Sprague Sargent Jun 1898

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Jun 2., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 2, 1898.

My dear Muir:

Returning from the south I find your note of May 11th, including one from Senator Perkins which I return. I have had a hard and hurried trip to Key West and not a very profitable one, unless finding out that I knew a good deal less than I thought on the subject I was trying to investigate may be considered profitable. This winding up of The Silva is really harassing. I am going to survive it, however, although I do not exactly see how.
So far as …

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Letter From Francis George To John Muir, May 15, 1898, Francis George May 1898

Letter From Francis George To John Muir, May 15, 1898, Francis George

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Valona May 15th 98 Mr. John Muir. Dear Sir, Please give credit on lots to the following. A. Boznik for recording deed 1.50 Geo Peters for recording deed 1.50 Mary J. Andersen on lot 2 B34 150-Balance 100.00 to be paid in monthly installments J. E. Petersen on lots 1-2 B22 20-Wm. Fairclough on lot 6 B34 20-J.J. Schroeder on lot 4 B21 & recording 94-Vitantoin [?] Ciofani lot 5 B20 & recording 18.50 Please have deed made to Servis [?] Piper on lot 4 B21 & recorded. & have deed made to Vitantoin [?] Ciofani on lot 5 B20 …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 May 11., John Muir May 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 May 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez May 11, 1898

My dear Prof Sargent,

I have just returned from a four days trip of inspection of magnifica around Truckee Not a single coniferous bud is yet open thereabouts, so this year I was too early, as last year too late. I found that many of last years young leaves & cones were killed by frost & consequently this years crop of cones is likely to be small, still one can hardly fail to get flowers somewhere. I took Sonne with me & have him [roused?] to watch magnifica almost from day to day I reported to …

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Letter From [Robert Underwood Johnson] To John Muir, 1898 May 6., Robert Underwood Johnson May 1898

Letter From [Robert Underwood Johnson] To John Muir, 1898 May 6., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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May 6th, 1898.

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

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir,

I am doing everything I Can possibly do to help in the fight against the Senate amendment, through the newspapers and through members of Congress, and I have to-day written to the President.

Faithfully yours,

[illegible]

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 May 3., Charles Sprague Sargent May 1898

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 May 3., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 3, 1898.

My dear Muir:

I have yours of the 25th telling me of your efforts about the reservations. You or somebody has evidently put in some good work, as on Saturday all the members of the Public Lands Committee of the House agreed to oppose the Senate amendment wiping out the reservations. It won't do to stop here, however, as a few senators are strong in their determination to break up the whole reservation business and the rest of the Senate is entirely indifferent to the subject.
All I know about …

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Letter From Geo[Rge] C. Perkins To John Muir, 1898 May 2., George C. Perkins May 1898

Letter From Geo[Rge] C. Perkins To John Muir, 1898 May 2., George C. Perkins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

United States Senate,

WASHINGTON, D. C,

May 2d, 1898.

Hon. John Muir,
Martinez, California.
My dear Professor:-

Yours of April 25th, relating to the provision of the Sundry Civil Bill relating to Forest Reservations, is at hand. I will give the matter my most careful attention. The bill does not refer to any forest in California, and I am informed that the President will almost immediately issue another proclamation on lines that will more fully meat the approval of the people of the States where the reservations are established and which were made without due consideration.

Yours very truly,

[illegible] …

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Letter From M.H.Myrick To [John Muir], [Ca. 1898 May]., M. H. Myrick May 1898

Letter From M.H.Myrick To [John Muir], [Ca. 1898 May]., M. H. Myrick

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

My dear Mr Muir

I must write you, that we have as much enjoyed the article on Yellowstone, in the April Atlantic - my dear friend, in this you have out done yourself.
I got the magazine as soon as I was out, and read it aloud to my wife - we both want to thank you so much.
We are "well up" in description of the Reservation, and so were better able to appreciate what you said - my wife is here, and says, "I concur."
She says, ask Mr Muir when he can comedown and stay overnight - …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Apr 25., John Muir Apr 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Apr 25., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Apr. 25, 1898

My Dear Johnson.

I have just learned that my Senate has passed an amendment The Sundry Civil Bill abolishing the Cleveland Forest Reservations & that the matter is now in the hands of a Committee of the House. Thieves & pirates of the silent forests are now favored by the darkness of the Cuban War Clouds but I feel sure that you are awake & doing all that mortal can do on the side of the right. I suppose you have already enlightened the House Committee. See to it that the President is duly instructed & …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1898 Apr 25., John Muir Apr 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1898 Apr 25., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

enemies of forestry are trying to abolish the San Jacinto & Cleveland reserve we all opposed such actions & won out

Martinez, Apr 25. 1898

My dear Lukens,

Not having heard from you lately I take your silence for good news that Lottie is well.
Do you know what is going on in Washington in forestry affairs? The Senate has already passed an amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill abolishing altogether the grand Cleveland Forest Reservations. The matter is now in the House for action but has not yet (Apr 16) been reported on by the Committee to which it …

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Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1898 Apr 21., Sarah Muir Galloway Apr 1898

Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1898 Apr 21., Sarah Muir Galloway

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

Portage. Wis.

April 21 / 98

Dear Brother John

This will be your birthday and you too will have reached over the sixty line. What a surprising family we are, three of us over sixty and only the youngest of the eight under fifty. That is quite a record considering that a number of us have suffered from ill health so much of the time.
Well John with all my heart I wish you many happy returns of the day, may your later years be your best ones

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[2]

with the smile of the Lord resting upon you …

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Letter From Julia M[Errill] Moores To John Muir, 1898 Apr 21., Julia Merrill Moores Apr 1898

Letter From Julia M[Errill] Moores To John Muir, 1898 Apr 21., Julia Merrill Moores

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

960 N.Pa. St.,
Apr. 21, '98.

My dear Mr. Muir:

This is your birthday, as well as Merrill's, and I find myself almost involuntarily seated to write you a little welcome. I do not know how many years you have been in this world of ours, but I do know that God created a man when he made you, as well as when he made Adam, and as far as my share in your friendship goes, I am duly thankful for this blessing of a friend. You will let me tell you so, will you not?
My children love you, …

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Letter From John Ritchie, Jr. To John Muir, 1898 Apr 20., John Ritchie Jr. Apr 1898

Letter From John Ritchie, Jr. To John Muir, 1898 Apr 20., John Ritchie Jr.

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

April 20, 1898

Dear Sir:

It gives me pleasure to convey to you the information that at the last meeting of the Appalachian Mountain Club you were elected to Corresponding membership in the club, formal note of which is enclosed For a number of years your papers and volumes, some of them at least have been in our library, the Glacier which bears your name is the most [impairing?] of our photographic treasures, so that we have not been unfamiliar with your work and you have been with us in spirit. It is as an old friend, therefore; that …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Apr 19., Charles Sprague Sargent Apr 1898

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Apr 19., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 19, 1898.

[illegible]

My dear Muir:

A note from Miss Eastwood today says she has had some correspondence with you about the flowers of Abies magnifica. What I most want are the flowers from the tree in the central part of the Range, that is the form with the included cone-bracts which is the type. The Shasta tree with exerted bracts I consider a very unimportant variety, and it would not be worth while to make a trip to Mt. Shasta for the [illegible], especially as I have hopes of obtaining them …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Apr 16., Charles Sprague Sargent Apr 1898

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1898 Apr 16., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 16, 1898.

My dear Muir:

Do you know what is going on in Washington? The Senate has already passed an amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill abolishing altogether the Cleveland Forest Reservations. The matter is now in the House for action hut has not yet been reported on by the committee to which it has been referred. Any such action ought, of course, to be stopped if possible. Do what you can with your California people. The trouble just now seems to be that the country is so distracted with this foolish …

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Letter From M. H. Myrick To John Muir, 1898 Apr 14., M. H. Myrick Apr 1898

Letter From M. H. Myrick To John Muir, 1898 Apr 14., M. H. Myrick

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

14 Sansone Street

San Francisco

April 14, 1898

My dear Mr. Muir -

In your last letter, you said you couldn't come down and see us - that was all very well, for then - but, sometimes, circumstances alter [cases?] - and here are the circumstances:
Next week, Thursday, April 21, Mrs. Heart (of University - Board of Regents) is to dine with us at 6.30 - My wife would be glad to have you meet Mrs Heart. She says Mrs. H. is soon to go to Washington - and if she were to have a talk with you about …

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Letter From Hamlin Garland To John Muir, 1898 Apr 12., Hamlin Garland Apr 1898

Letter From Hamlin Garland To John Muir, 1898 Apr 12., Hamlin Garland

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

474 Elm Street,
Chicago, April 12, 1898.

Dear John Muir:

As you perhaps know t;he people of the West are preparing for a vary important Trans-Msissippi Exposition modeled somewhat on the Exposition in Chicago of 1895, to be held at Omaha, from June to November. A part of this Exposition will consist of a literary congress. Of this Congress I have boon chosen as Chairman, and our Committee are now outlining the work which we are to do.
It la our design to present a short historical survey of what has boon done in a literary way in tae various …

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Letter From Frank H. Lamb To John Muir, 1898 Apr 7., Frank H. Lamb Apr 1898

Letter From Frank H. Lamb To John Muir, 1898 Apr 7., Frank H. Lamb

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Hoquiam. Washington.

April 7, 1898.

Mr. John Muir

Martinez Cal.

My dear Sir: -

In the winter of 1896-7 I had the pleasure of hearing your address before the Sierra Club regarding the "Forests of the Sierra". I have also enjoyed your discussions of the "Big Trees" in your Mountains of California. If I am not mistaken I think you published some years ago in the [illegible] A A A S. an article dealing with [illegible] [illegible] with the destruction of the Big Trees.
If it is possible will you please send me a copy of this article as …

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Yellowstone National Park., John Muir Apr 1898

Yellowstone National Park., John Muir

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

The Yellowstone National Park. 509 THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. Of the four national parks of the West, the Yellowstone is far the largest. It is a big, wholesome wilderness on the broad summit of the Rocky Mountains, favored with abundance of rain and now, — a place of fountains where the greatest of the American rivers take tbcir rise. The central portion is a densely forested and comparatively level volcanic plateau with an average elevation of about 8000 feet above the sea, surrounded by an imposing host of mountains belonging to the subordinate Gallatin, Wind River, Te.ton, Absaroka, and Snowy …

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Otterbein Aegis April 1898, Otterbein Aegis Apr 1898

Otterbein Aegis April 1898, Otterbein Aegis

Otterbein Aegis 1890-1917

Contents: Editorial; Contest Orations; My Plans for the Future; The Struggle of Civilization; Scholarship and Country; The Mission of the College Man; This One Thing We Do; Eloquence, etc.

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Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1898 Mar 28., John Muir Mar 1898

Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1898 Mar 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez March 28, 1898

Hurrah! You're in California once more. Can't You come here is less than two or three weeks? I'm hard at work trying to write about the Sierra woods & should not leave my desk though I would at once were you not coming here. Keith too will be delighted he is doing fine work & growing in skill if not in grace
Remember me to Lukens

I'm perfectly glad & [illegible]

Ever Yours

John Muir

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Around its winding wavering closely forested

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Mar 27., John Muir Mar 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Mar 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Martinez, March 27 1898

My dear Johnson

You are incorrigible. You should go to Alaska nothing less cooling than things hyperborean will cure you.
I still look for lots of good work from Pinchot. His differences with Sargent on Forest administration I dont much mind, but his giving way like snow in than to the sheep owners & political agents of forest robbers is mighty discouraging. He told me last summer that in his opinion sheep in moderate numbers did no harm to Washington & Oregon forests. But if any are allowed all will push …

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Letter From John Muir To [Margaret Hay Lunan], 1898 Mar 27., John Muir Mar 1898

Letter From John Muir To [Margaret Hay Lunan], 1898 Mar 27., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

March 27, 1898

My dear Cousin, I thought I had written to you at New Year. I am sorry to hear of Mr Buchan's illness The breaking down of a brain is always a sad sight & mostly hopeless. The only comfort is in the love of friends & back looks on a life well spent. Mrs Kellys case is sad too though she bears her trouble so well. Remember me to her, I always look back with pleasure to the evenings spent at her house. I'm sending with this a copy of a magazine which has one …

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Letter From A.H.Sellers To John Muir, 1898 Mar 25., Alfred H. Sellers Mar 1898

Letter From A.H.Sellers To John Muir, 1898 Mar 25., Alfred H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Pasadena, Cal.,
March 25, 1898.

Dear Mr. Muir:

Wife and I left home on the 10th of Feb. with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Robinson in his private car, and after a trip together all over old Mexico and intervening countries for four weeks we arrived here. They have returned home and wanted us to return with them, but we wanted to stay and get some of the sunshine of this coast. Besides we could not think of going home without seeing our dear friend Muir.
I met Lukens the other day, and he said he expected you here. That …

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Letter From A H Sellers To John Muir And Response From Muir To Sellers 1898 Mar 25, A. H. Sellers, John Muir Mar 1898

Letter From A H Sellers To John Muir And Response From Muir To Sellers 1898 Mar 25, A. H. Sellers, John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Page 1]

Pasadena, Cal.,

March 25, 1898.

Dear Mr. Muir:

Wife and I left home on the 10th of Feb. with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Robinson in his private car, and after a trip together all over old Mexico and intervening countries for four weeks we arrived here. They have returned home and wanted us to return with them, but we wanted to stay and get some of the sunshine of this coast. Besides we could not think of going home without seeing our dear friend Muir.

I met Lukens the other day, and he said he expected you …

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Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1898 Mar 24., Walter H. Page Mar 1898

Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1898 Mar 24., Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL OFFICE OF
The Atlantic Monthly,
BOSTON.

March 24, 1898.

Dear Mr. Muir:

No sooner have we published one of your papers than of course we begin to hope for another. This article on the Yellowstone Park is most admirable, and I cannot help thinking how attractive a chapter it will be in book form when we reach that stage. I wish I had time to send you every day the things that I hear about your papers, but I am ashamed to confess that the appreciation which is expressed by word of mouth, as well as by letters that …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1898 Mar 17., Robert Underwood Johnson Mar 1898

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1898 Mar 17., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

March 17th, 1898

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

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir,

Since writing you yesterday I learn from Pinchot that the time has elapsed for which the forest reservations were suspended, and that therefore they are now in full force-- of course subject to the extension of the mineral laws to all the reservations, which was effected by the deficiency bill last summer. I suppose this and the opening of the reservations to sheep grazing, and the opportunities of taking up title during the terms of suspension, …

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