Title:
Letter from Gifford Pinchot to John Muir, 1900 Feb 2 .
Creator:
Gifford Pinchot
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1900 Feb 2
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0060-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 13.5 x 20.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
H.H. U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIVISION OF FORESTRY, WASHINGTON, D. C. February 2, 1900. GIFFORD PINCHOT, FORESTER.
HENRY S. GRAVES. SUPT. OF WORKING PLANS. J. w. TOUMEY, SUPT. OF TREE PLANTING. GEO. B. SUDWORTH, DENDROLOGIST. OTTO J.
J. LUEBKERT, HEAD CLERK. Mr. John Muir. Martinez, Calif. Dear Mr. Muir: Many thanks for your telegram, which gives
as exactly the information I was after. We are going to try to interest Congress in the preservation of the Calaveras Groves.
I will keep you posted from time to tins as the matter progresses. Very sincerely yours, illegible Forester.