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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens , 1896 May 4., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

As Pres. of S. Club he appoints me on committee

Martinez, May 4, 1896.

My dear Lukens

At the last election of the Sierra Club I was reelected president & I appointed you a member of the Standing Committee on Publications & Communications. I hope you will be able to give some attention to the articles in our bulletings & above all have a good long one of your own on your travels in the Sierra.
We all enjoyed your visit ever so much & hope it will not be long ere You & Your wife make us another visit, …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 May 4., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEEARTMENT
THE CENTURY-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

May 4, 1896.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir,

I thank you very much for yourrecent letters and for the extracts in regard to the railroad into the valley. It seems to me that it would be a great mistake to have the railroad traverse any portion of the National Park, and I should therefore very strongly oppose any bill or other attempt to take it within the limits of the Park. The moment the railroad gets …

Letter From [Louie Strentzel Muir] To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [Ca. 1896 May]., Louie Strentzel Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To [Louie Strentzel] Muir , 1896 May 1., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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May 1, 1896

Dear Mrs. Muir:

This note is for you and not for your husband and he must not look on the other side of this sheet if by chance it should fall into his hands.

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I hear that there is a virtual certainty that he will be offered an honary degree by Harvard. The condition is that he shall be present to receive it - about the middle of June. Could he not postpone his northern trip three or four weeks and come East and let us see him? Perhaps you will telegraph me in reply …

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 Apr 30., Charles Sprague Sargent

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ARNOLD ARBORETUM.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 30, 1896

My dear Mr. Muir:

I am exceedingly obliged your fox your letter of the 23rd and the information about General Bidweil and his crossing the Sierras which I will certainly refer to in The Silva.
By all means, if yoa jo to Alaska, look oat Tor the distribution for all Pines, Firs and Spruces, and gather for me if possible athigh elevations and, remote points as specimens as you can inorder to show distribution. I hope too you will be able to make notes on the distribution size, uses, etc., …

Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1896 Apr 27., John Muir

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Martinez, California, Apr. 27, 1896

My dear Colonel Sellers,

I mean to go to Alaska in about a month from now & I thought Frank might want to make the trip with me. I shall go by the regular steamer to Sitka, then by a small mail steamer to Yakntal, Prince Williams Sound & Cooks Inlet to see the Fairweather Alps from the outside, & Mt. St. Elias & the glaciers thereabouts - & learn what I can. The trip will probably be free from desperate adventures through slightly rough & damp. I feel sure Frank would enjoy it & …

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Apr 24., John Muir

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Martinez, Apr. 24, 1896

My dear Johnson:

I had a letter from Sargent today saying he was about to start to Washington to organize the Forestry Commission, - that the appropriation had passed the House but was still hung up in the Senate. He did not however feel any great anxiety about it.
Senator Perkins replied to my letter that he was in full sympathy with us in the Commission & would gladly do all in his power to secure the amt deserved. So all looks rosy & I'm glad.
I'm going to the glaciers about St. Elias, Prince …

Letter From John Bidwell To John Muir, 1896 Apr 20., John Bidwell

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Chico, Cal.,

Apr 20, 1896

John Muir Esq.

Martinez, Cal.

My dear Sir,

Your esteemed favor to hand - came during my late absence at San Jose. Glad to hear from you.
In the inclosed statement I have tried to comply with your request.
So you are going to Alaska again! lookout, for the glaciers there are full

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of crevasses. (Please pardon poor pencil writing, my nervous hand being too unstead to use the pen.)
Mrs. Bidwell joins in best wishes and kindest remembrances.
Come and see us when you can.

Yours always

John Bidwell

over …

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 Apr 18., Charles Sprague Sargent

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ARNOLD ARBORETUM.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 18, 1896

My dear Muir:

Thanks for your letter of the 10th and the notes, newspaper cuttings, etc., all of which will be useful.I am going to Washington tomorrow and shall organize the Forestry Commission on Tuesday. The appropriation has passed the House all right but is still hung up in the Senate. I do not, however, feel now any great anxiety about it.I still expect to be in California in the early autumn and I count on your assistance, advice and companionship there.

Always faithfully yours,

John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cala.

Letter From John Muir To [John] Bidwell, 1896 Apr 15., John Muir

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Martinez, April 15 1896

My dear General

When you gave me that grand round Shasta excursion with Hooker & Gray you told me I think in a talk by the campfire that you saw some of the Sequoias in crossing the Sierra in 1846. If so will you give me particulars in writing for publication in the Silva of N. American of Prof Sargent. He is very anxious to get the name of the white man who first looked upon Sequoia gigantia to be preserved in the Silva. Nine of the twelve superb volumes of this work are published I …

Letter From George C. Perkins To John Muir, 1896 Apr 10., George C. Perkins

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United State Senate,

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10th, 1896.

John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, California.

My dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 3d inst., is at hand. I am in fullsympathy with you in regard to the proposed forestry Commission,and shall gladly do all in my power to secure the aid that is de-sired.

Yours truly,

Letter From W[Illiam] P. Gibbons To John Muir, 1896 Apr 7., William P. Gibbons

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Alameda 4/7. 1896

Dear John

I had mentally appropriated last Monday to the pleasurable recreation of making a visit to your household, but the weather said hay. & so I kept count in the house, that being a safe & comfortable refuge. And now, if external conditions will coexist with internal inclination, you will find me on the train of next Monday morning: if so I will telepgraph at 16 K St. Station. Meantime, by virtue of my August position aas chairman of the section of Indigenous botany & half a dozen other tact appendages, of the Med. Soc. of …

Letter From John Muir To Mr. & Mrs. [The Odore P.] Lukens , 1896 Apr 4., John Muir

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Glad I am going to visit them

Martinez April 4, 1896

My dear Mr & Mrs Lukins

We all are glad to hear you are going to visit us next Saturday which you say is the 10th & my almanic makes the 11th I will meet you at the station. I wish you could bring Lottie with you, & Mrs. Jones
If you mean to come on the 10th (Friday) let me know, or if in any way I should miss meeting you at the station then go to Bennet's Stables & he will drive you out to the ranch …

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Apr 3., John Muir

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Martinez, Apr. 3. 1896

My dear Johnson.

The glorious news of the National Academy of Sciences Commission has kept me happy ever since I heard of it. This sure enough is a move direct towards permanent forest management & cannot fail.
I have just written to Senator Perkins to do his best for the $25000 carefully explaining the high character & importance of the Commission etc. & will get a resolution from the Sierra Club as soon as possible.
After I got your letter on the Oregon sheep men I got the Club Directors to pass a a strong …

Letter From T. Brook White To John Muir, 1896 Apr 2., T. Brook White

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[letterhead]

Historian [Mazamas?]

April 2. 1896.

John Muir Esq

President Sierra Club

San Francisco Cal.

Dear Sir

A determined effort is now being made in Congress to restore threefourths of the Cascade Range Forest Reserve to public entry. The entire Oregon delegation headed by Senator Mitchell favors the reopening of the reserve.
The move is being made solely in the interest of the sheep men.
Judge Bellinger of the United States Circuit Court is one of several influential men here who are strongly opposed to any encroachments on the Reserve and he is able personally to reach the President …

[Statement From John Muir.], John Muir

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

950 THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. level, their opponents work only spasmodically, usually a few weeks before election, and during the remainder of the year dismiss the subject from their minds. It requires great fervor of patriotism to carry on this work, but he must be a very poor American who is willing to admit that there is not enough of saving grace in our people to produce a sufficient body of men to accomplish it. The kind of patriotism required is of the highest order. It must be willing to give time and labor and money, to sacrifice the best that …

Letter From John Muir To [A. H.] Sellers, 1896 Mar 31., John Muir

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Martinez, March 31, 1896

My dear Mr. Sellers,

The dozen fine carbons Mrs. Sellers so kindly sent have reached me in good order. Please give her my thanks. I send now a copy with my [name?].
I shall be glad to see you this side the world once more When I may be in Jun I dont yet know. Keith is flourishing marvelously in money, paint, & praise & still keeps sane enough to know how fine a time we had at your home in the Avenue.
With best wishes & hoping to see you soon I am

Ever Yours …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 Mar 26., Robert Underwood Johnson

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March 26th, 1896

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

John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Muir:-

I have already written to you about the appointment of the superb forestry commission. It is now very important that the recommendation of $25,000 for its expenses should not fail in Congress. Will you not write a special letter to Senator George C. Perkins, and have the Sierra Club also call his special attention to the great importance of the subject and to the high character of the commission. This should be done at once …

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 Mar 25., Charles Sprague Sargent

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ARNOLD ARBORETUM.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass.,...March. 25,...1896.

My dear Mr. Muir:

You told me sometime ago that your notes, measurements, etc., on Sequoia were at my service. Now I am beginning to work on the genus for The Silva and if I can obtain from your notes any information supplementary to what you have already published about this tree, I should be very glad to borrow them.
Can the name of the white man who first looked upon Sequoia gigantea be preserved in The Silva? It certainly should be if there is any way of finding out who he …

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] J[Ohnson] To John Muir, 1896 Mar 6., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

March 6th, 1896W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITORMy dear Muir:-The inclosure from the "Post” of last night explains itself. It is the result of a letter which at the request of some friends of forestry reform I wrote to Hoke Smith requesting him to take this action.
Bowers prepared a letter to the President of the National Academy of Science which the Secretary of the Interior signed, and the result in this magnificent forest commission.
I have been in Washington two days, during which time I have been preparing the way to get …

Letter From Henry F. Osborn To John Muir, 1896 Mar 6., Henry F. Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

850 Madison Avenue.

Sunday. March 6 th, 1896.

My dear Mr Muir,

You have been frequently in our minds and hearts since our grand trip together -- and upon the 'explorers' ' panel of my library I have your picture taken by Perry upon the Glacier. But two events recently have brought you prominently forward -- the first is a visit from John Burroughs last Tuesday, the second is my reading Russell's "Glaciers of North America" last evening. Mr. Burroughs, we met for the first time and found him very simple and charming, and full of your visit to him. …

Letter From John Muir To D[Avid] S[Tarr] Jordan, 1896 Feb 29., John Muir

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Martinez, Feb. 29, 1896.

Prof. D S. Jordan:

Dear Sir,

I had an attack of the Grippe a month ago & all my work is in arrears, besides as you know lecturing is out of my line Therefore I must decline Your flattering invitation to lecture before the Academy of Sciences with cordial thanks for the honor.
I congratulate you, send you my best wishes & believe that now the Academy will do somewhat.

Every Yours truly,

John Muir

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Feb 27., John Muir

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Forestry

Martinez Feb 27, 1896

My dear Johnson,

I read & burned your Capital editorial on Yosemite. It is only though the growing & multiplying interest of the rising generation of Californians that I see ground for hope for recession or better management. I suppose you have the last Sierra Club Bulletin containing me address on Yo. [Yosemite] & Park affairs, published this month. If not I’ll send you a copy.

I’m pegging at that Alaska Dog Story & Glacier Adventures I promised. When is the Alaska Trip to be published. Next year I hope to have a little Alaska …

Letter From David S[Tarr] Jordan To John Muir, 1896 Feb 25., David Starr Jordan

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Office of the President
Celand Stanford Junior University
Palo Alto, CaliforniaPost Office: 'Stanford University'Feb. 25, 1896.Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir:Will it not be possible for you to give a lecture before the Academy of Sciences on something or anything which you have seen in this world at some date in the near future? The date of Monday, April 20, has been reserved for you, but if any other of the Academy's nights would be more convenient to you, it can be arranged for. It will be a very great pleasure toyour many friends to see you on the rostrum …

Letter From John Muir To Mother [Ann G. Muir], 1896 Feb 24., John Muir

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Martinez, California

February 24th, 1896

My Dear Mother,

I was very glad to hear that Dan has been paying you a visit. It must have been a great pleasure after so long being without a sight of your three boys. I wish David & I could also have been with you. I see David quite often. I saw him Yesterday. He is looking quite well & is now making money & fast recovering from his business reverses. Etta also is well & very hopeful since she sees that she will soon have a beautiful home all paid for.
Maggie comes …

Letter From Annie Hay To [John Muir], 1896 Feb 12., Annie Hay

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interesting and if there waas any means of making a livelihood you would tell us an dalso if there might be an opening, & I promised to write to you. Willie is twenty one - and our James celebrated their majority at the end of last year. He is not much to look at but is a smart business fellow and has a strong sense of duty and fidelity.
Now I have told you what I want to say about that and if you write in your kindness of heart try and spare a little time to tell us …

Letter From Sidney V. Smith To John Muir, 1896 Feb 8., Sidney V. Smith

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Feby. 8th /96.

My dear Muir.

It is very good to know that you have been wathcing and concerning yourself for me during my fight.
I have done nothing wrong. but was foolish or unfortunate enough to get into bad and dangerous company who intended to leave me in the lurch. I saw the danger and was quicker than they hence their irritation and abuse. It serves me right for

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not being sufficiently careful about my associates. However, I have got out by the skin of my teeth and am now with old friends and men of honor. Even …

Letter From John Muir To [Fay H.] Sellers, 1896 Feb 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Feb. 6. 1896.

My dear Mr. Sellers.

I'm very glad you liked the little picture Keith & I sent you Keith is far more than half crazed with his fine new studies & fine dollarisk & social success, & therefore that this picture was not forgotten shows that we feel your kindness cannot be covered or dimmed by anything.
Those photographs were so good I had to hide them else they would have been all begged away long ago. but I still have half of them, & never expected you would make any more.
I think I told you …

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Feb 6., John Muir

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Martinez, Feb. 6, 1896

My dear Mr. Johnson.

Dr. McLean, as you will see by the enclosed letter, wants an introduction to you. He is now in Washington as a delegate from the Ca. River & Harbor Improvement Co. to secure appropriations for the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers.
What he most dearly wants however is an appropriation for the purchase of the Yosemite & Park roads, one of which, the one from Coulterville to Yosemite, he owns. I suppose all these roads (described by Noble's Commissioners) ought to belong to the Government & be free to …

Letter From Jno. T. Mclean To John Muir, 1896 Feb 2., Jno T. Mclean

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Yosemite

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on the overland train going east near Rawlins Wyoming 7 p.m.

Feby 2nd 1896

Mr. John Muir

Martinez California

My Dear Sir

As you see I am on my way east - bound for Washington expecting to remain East mostly in Washington, though visiting N. York & Boston & then northern cities while away from California I go as a delegate from the Renier & Harbor Improvement Association of Central California (there being five other delegates) to secure as liberal appropriations as possible from Congress for the improvement of the Sacramento & forgiven Rivers & their tributaries, and …