Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to E. A. Sterling, 1905 Mar 21.
Creator:
[John Muir]
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:
E. A. Sterling
Date:
1905 Mar 21
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir15_0341-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
(Copied from notebook marked 1905 , letter 1) Martinez, Mar. 21'05. Mr. E. A. Sterling, Bureau of Forestry, Washington,
D.C. Dear Mr. Sterling: I would gladly send you the little article you want on the big trees of Australia if I had the
time to prepare it. But I am completely snowed under with work already promised and which must be cleared off before any-thing
new, however small, is taken on. Therefore, much as I regret to say it, my best wishes is at present all I can send you.
I was glad to see by the newspapers that your California Forestry bill had passed, but was not aware that it had been seriously
amended. Faithfully yours, illegible