Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Edward Henry] Harriman, 1905 Jan 5.
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Edward Henry] Harriman
Date:
1905 Jan 5
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir15_0038-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
First draft of letter, in note-book Edward Henry Harriman Martinez, January 5th, 1905. Dear Mr. Harriman: A bill for
the recession of Yosemite Valley to the Federal Government will be introduced in our present State Legislature. I think it
ought to pass. If you are like-minded, and can help us to secure its passage, I wish you would. The President is in favor
of it, so also is our Governor and perhaps more than nine-tenths of the people of California. And as far as I know all the
newspapers of the State favor the change except the Examiner, which with damnable perverted industry is trying to bury the
truth beneath a sham storm of fables. The Yosemite is a natural part of the surrounding Nat ional Park, and evidently ought
to be under one management. The Valley has been grossly mismanaged. Under Federal control we may expect that it would be
as well managed as the Yellowstone Park, and be made as accessible and attractive to as great a number of travelers. John
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