Title:
Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1908 Dec 18.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[William] Colby
Date:
1908 Dec 18
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_1076-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Dec. 18, 1908 Dear Mr Colby; I would have been in the City oftentimes to help in the Park fight had I not been
disabled by the Grippe or a severe brochial cold. Nevertheless I've been doing what I could from here. I don't think I should
go to Washington in my present state of health, of course your business will not allow you to go. Do you know any available
member of the club that we can send? Anyhow we must keep up a storm of protests in letters telegrams magazine articles. I
enclose Mr Johnson's last letter Show it to Mr Parsons. I think a good effective pamphlet may be made of the best condensed
statements from letters articles used in the earliest part of the fight. Call on Mr H. Toursey? . I have not yet heard from
New York. Faithfully yours, John Muir