Title:
Letter from John P. Irish to John Muir, 1890 Sep 1.
Creator:
John P. Irish
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1890 Sep 1
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
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Identifier:
muir06_0632-md-1
Source:
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Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Francisco, [Calif`]
Rights:
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Transcription:
BOARD OF YOSEMITE VALLEY AND BIG TREE GROVE COMMISSIONERS. 213 GRANT AVENUE. 26 Montgomery St., Room 6, San Francisco,
September 1st 1898 Mr. John Muir, My Dear Sir, In the Century for August you speak of hogs and cattle and the plow and
ax rapidly destroying the Yosemite Valley. I am anxious to secure evidence and information concerning the Valley, and know
of no better source than yourself. Will you kindly let me know when you saw hogs roaming at large in the Valley, and whether
the ax has been used there to clear fields for the plow, and by whom and on what part of the floor? You will also do me an
esteemed favor if you will give me a statement of the condition of the Valley when you first saw it, as contrasted with its
condition now in regard to its tree growth. Are there more or less trees and brush in the Valley now than then? I am seeking
facts upon which to make up my mind whether California must confess delinquencies in the management of the grant which should
shame her into abdication of her trust. Very truly JOHN P. IRISH JOHN P. IRISH imagines that he is running for Congress
in the Third. He imagined once before that he had converted the people of Oregon to the doctrine of free wool. He also thought
a few months ago that he had downed the Century Magazine. Illegible THIS is the kind of a man John P. Irish is. In a speech
at Vallejo the other day, he said: If you want your boys to grow up and learn a trade in the penitentiary, vote for McKenna
and the McKinley bill. BANCROFT LIBRARY