Title:
Letter from C[harles] S. Sargent to John Muir, 1897 Mar 19.
Creator:
C[harles] S. Sargent
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1897 Mar 19
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0804-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Rights:
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 19, 1897. My dear Muir: Glad to get your note of
the 12th. No I do not see California papers and should be glad to know their expression about the reservations. The worst
thing that has happened to me in this connection so far is that General Abbot has been appointed on the International Commission
of experts to report on the future of the Panama Canal. This takes him to France for a year and compels him to leave this
country the 1st of May. I want, therefore, to get our report finished and ready to transmit to Congress before he goes, and
this I suppose could be done without much trouble were it not for the objections which Pinchot and Hague are constantly making
to what we think is the best thing to recommend. Still I dare say we shall get through somehow or other and then Congress
must decide whether the reservations are to be taken care of and to be made useful or to be wiped out as the west seems to
desire. I am just starting now for New York to attend a meeting of the Commission. This means that I must leave for a few
days the Pine trees which are now absorbing me and which I find much more interestig is than forest politics. Faithfully
yours, C. S. Sargent 02262