Title:
Letter from John Muir to Richard A. Ballinger, 1909 Dec 20.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
DNA
Contributor:
Richard A. Ballinger
Date:
1909 Dec 20
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0964-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Cal., Dec 20, 1909. Hon. Richard A. Ballinger, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Ballinger:-
We would respectfully suggest that the City of San Francisco be allowed the right to use. Lake Eleanor, Cherry River and Poopenaut
Valley as reservoir sites but that it be given the privilege of acquiring the rights and public land necessary for such use
within those sites only on condition that it exchange and surrender to the National Government the patented lands which it
now owns in Hetch-Hetchy Valley. Could not the Public Lands Committees in Congress be urged to amend oity's bill so as to
accomplish this? Faithfully yours, Illegible