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785 in margin: illegible to books of this sort because there is a right natural hungry call for them now that the rich
picturesque foundational pioneer days of our great country the greatest in the world with all its pathos romance is passing
into dim foggy history. Up at it. The letter you wrote me a month or two ago on the Sequoia Parks I sent with a few words
of my own to Johnson, he in turn forwarded them direct to the President, who replied in a personal letter which was in every
way encouraging to the tree lovers trees, discouraging to their enemies. Faithfully yours