Title:
Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1890 Sep 5.
Creator:
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1890 Sep 5
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir06_0638-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
…Union Square, New York
Rights:
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Transcription:
September 5th, 1890 Mrs. John Muir, Martinez, California. My dear Mrs. Muir:- I thank you very much for your obliging
letter of the 27th of August which has just come to hand. I am very glad to hear of Mr. Muir's success in Alaska. We should
prefer to have the article on the King's River Canon first, as I believe I wrote Mr. Muir the other day, because, first, we
want to give Mr. Robinson some work to do, and, second, I think of suggesting to the Public Lands Committee the reservation
of the Canon for a public park. The Alaska articles we will use later as a special feature. We have already made some pictures
for an article on Alaska the text of which turned out badly, and our Illustration Department will send Mr. Muir proofs of
these in hopes that they will fit into his narrative along with the other sketches and photographs he has collected. It does
really look as though something we going to come of the Yosemite agitation, after all. I often think with pleasure of my
visit to your home, and wish that Mrs. Johnson and I could see you and your good husband in New York. Very respectfully
sincerely yours R. U. Johnson 01458