Title:
Letter from C[harles] Sprague Sargent to W[illia]m R. Dudley, 1897 Feb 19.
Creator:
C[harles] Sprague Sargent
Publisher:
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Contributor:
W[illia]m R. Dudley
Date:
1897 Feb 19
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0754-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Jamaica Plain, Mass., Feb. 19, 1897. Copy My dear Professor Dudley: no ellegable
Our Nal Jursbay Commission is going to recommend the passage of the enclosed bill by the extra session of Congress in order
to secure protect ion for the Reserves the summer. It is currently believed that the new Secretary of the Interior is to come
from California and it is very desirable that he should come east fully impressed ith the idea of the importance Of preserving
the Reserves and National Parks by aid of the military, I find there is no authority for using troops in the California parks,
the protection of the Yellowstone National Park alone being covered by existing laws; therefore, without the passage of our
bill, the Secretary of war may refuse to continue the detail of troops in the Sierras, Of course you fully understand what
this will mean. I wish you would talk over this matter with Professor Jordan and make some sort of an effort, either individually
or as representing the Academy and the University, to induce Judge McKinnae to urge on the President and Congress a passage
of our bill which, of course, will be accompanied by a report explaining the dangers to which the Reserves are exposed. There
is very little time to attend to this, as I suppose Judge McKennae will soon be starting for t he east. With kind regards,
Faithfully yours, C. S. Sargent Prof. Wm. R. Dudley. 04/85