1419 Taylor St San Fran Feb 13th, 1876 My dear Senator Acting upon the suggestions you lately sent Keith myself endeavored
to secure some notices in the newspapers p illegible letters to members. The Record Muir? comes out flatly against as The
Bulletin promise to write in favor - the Alta? has already noticed favorably. Mr Swett wrote to his friend Donovan - others
maybe p illegible If the great quantity of work the affair has cost underlined: you had at all appeared at the outs illegible
I could never have had the conscience to have mentioned the thing neither I m sure could Keith. I saw Mr Waete last evening
wh? expressed himself hopefully. I published a letter in the Record of the 5th calling attention to our forest trees the
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