Title:
Letter from J[osiah] L[ittle] Pickard to John Muir, 1909 Aug 14.
Creator:
J[osiah] L[ittle] Pickard
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1909 Aug 14
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0659-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Cupertino, Calif.
Rights:
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Transcription:
J. L. PICKARD, R.F.D. 12, CUPERTINO, CAL. Aug. 14 1909 John Muir S S.? B. Dear Dr. I have the pleasure of acknowledging
the receipt of your kind letter and the thrilling story of Sickeen. As I read it I recalled the history of the Muir Glacier
. I had just finished reading the July Number of the National Geographic Magazine, devoted largely to Alaska. I said to myself
much of the interest you given to that territory was awakened by the early exploration of its forbidding coast by my friend
Muir whose scientific research in the mountains and over the ice fields of N. W. America has given him a world wide reputation
. 04560 2 In his modesty he claims no great achievement, but his fame will not perish so long as mountains ice fields
endure . The nations will owe you a debt of gratitude for your interest in Conservation of her natural resources which the
greed of men was fast wasting. It will give me great pleasure to meet you renew Madison experiences in the early 60's I shall
be glad also to know how Time swings? her scyo illegible in your advancing years, whether he still marks time over his wooden
face as during the days of the Sanitary Commission . If my life is spared it is my plan during the Fall to call on you. You
will be heartily welcomed here if you find it convenient to call. As our house 04560