in margin: Jno Muir Feby 13t illegible 18 Gen Survey Keith s illegible there? 176 legislative protection. Have you seen
it do you think the State legislature can do anything Make any move towards this much to be desired result I suppose our Washington
Senators could be instructed by the legislature to call the attention of congress to the question. The entire subject however
seems thickly beset with difficulties of a practical nature that may make any adequate protection impossible. As for the reorganization
of the geological Survey the views we discussed are in the main perhaps the best possible under the circumstances, could not
I think fail to be satisfactory although it may be difficult to regain public confidence in practical science in this connection.
Ever Cordially yrs John Muir stamped: Literary Property Rights held by the California Historical Society