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13 From John Muir Martinez, Cal. Jan. 13, 1893. My dear Mr Johnson. I was very glad to get your letter of Dec 8th
showing you were well again, as good a man as before your dangerous illness or better with all your capacity for work fight
poetry jubilant exuberant I heartily congratulate you bid you godspeed over the ways of the New Year. I should have written
you long ere this but for sickness in the family. For more than a week I did not take off my clothes; watching by the bed
of my sick babies. All are well again Thank Heaven. By the way Arme s father died a short time ago 2 this probably was
the cause of his not answering your letters; for he is heartily in favor of the recession of Yosemite a good worker good fighter.
I think that not less than nine-tenths of the people of Cal are in favor of the recession of the Valley to the Gen Government
to be made a part of the national park which naturally it is, But among the other tenth are those who are pecuniarly interested
one man whose pocket is touched to the quick will do more fighting in a case of sentiment scenery than a thousand who only
look at the question in a careless abstract way though they look in the right direction. Very few people in 3 California
care for scenery to any appreciable extent,-to the extent say of subscribing 25 cents each to save Yosemite from being sunk
in the sea. El Capitan meadows forests all though nominally on the right side, We have a few good workers in the Sierra Club
those who have friends in the legislature or in Congress have written to them, I have written to Noble we have got the S.F.
Call to take up the subject some good lively columns are being printed. One of our directors is a state Senator Mr McAllister
he will introduce a bill for recession. Our Sec of State is cordially with us, but the governor seems to be