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Robinson is here and I m trying to get Hoke Smith to give him an interview on the general subject of forest preservation.
I an also recommending to him (S.)? to consult you and ward of Alameda Charles S. Sargent, the authority on trees, with a
view? to an early establishment of a policy of care for the forest preserve. Next winter if I am alive, there will be a move
to repeal the grant of 1864 through an investigation. Thanks for your letters and information. I am keeping a file. Yours
faithfully, R. N. Johnson Hoke Smith New Sec. Int. 01642