Title:
Letter from John Muir to [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Nov 13.
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:
[C. Hart] Merriam
Date:
1901 Nov 13
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0926-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Nov. 13, 1901 My dear Merriam, If I should write till doomsday I could say nothing new on this miserable sheep
question. The most discouraging thing about it is the tranquil comfortable apathy of the leading men in the forestry Dept.
towards it-asking solemnly again and again, Is the pasturing of sheep in the western forests injurious? As far as those of
Washington and Oregon are concerned even Pinchot says No. The whole forest management must be brought under Civil Service
rules and separated wholly from politics else it will matter but little in which department it is placed. The Harriman Expedition
book came a week or two ago with 15 separates of my article. I have read both volumes and it seems to me in every way a capital
book. The illustrations are superb, especially the photogravures. Some of the colored things are pretty bad.--The plants
lovely. You may well be proud of that job. What a fine eventful summer we have had--We all look back at our camp with your
family with pleasure. I saw Keith and Charlie Keeler the other day, both spoke of you warmly. My book is just out. I have
ordered copies to you and Bailey. Love to all. Yours ever, JOHN MUIR 01768