Title:
Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1896 Sep 7.
Creator:
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1896 Sep 7
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0385-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
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Transcription:
EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENT THE CENTURY-MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK September 7th, 1896 R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. John Muir, Esq. A. illegible Martinez, Cal, My dear Muir:- I thought
of you the other day when hearing of the death of your friend Benoni Irwin, which was shockingly sudden. I am very glad to
hear that you are again with the Commission. As I wrote to Prof. Sargent, I wrote to Hoke Smith asking him to call the President's
attention to the Montana Reserve before he (Smith) left office, and I have since written to the President on the subject.
I shall now turn my attention to Mr. Francis, the new Secretary of the interior, with a view to begging an interview with
him when he comes to New York. I have just come back from the Maine coast, and am in excellent health. I noticed the burning
of the Stoneman house. I wonder if you read of John P. Irish's speech at the Indianapolis Convention, in which he interrupted
his glowingeulogy of Cleveland with a tremendous sneeze.