Title:
Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1908 May 23.
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 May 23
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_0600-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
strictly private confidential May 23, 1908 Dear Mr Colby I had a letter from the President last evening from which I
quote I am trying to see if we can not leave the things on the line that you indicate - that is, damming Lake Eleanor letting
San Frnacisco depend for a generation or so upon that the Tuolumne tributaries. But of course I must see that S. F. has an
adequate water supply. So you see things are not so bad as they look in the Coll. Ever yrs John Muir (Dont mention this
letter to anyone.)