Title:
Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1899 Jan 26.
Creator:
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1899 Jan 26
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0640-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Rights:
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Jamaica Plain,Mass.,January 26,1899 My dear Muir: I return your letter and newspaper
cut.It sounds monstrous these superintendents(did you ever hear the name of one of them?) holding a solemn conclave to allow
the destruction of.the Washington forests at the rate of 5.00 per thousand sheep.What are we going to do about it?Clearly
it is time to begin another crusade,but who has the time and strength to do it and what good is coming out of it all? I confess
I feel discouraged.I am ready, however,to do what I can if you will suggest some way by which the administration can be made
to realize the short-sightedr folly of its methods.Of course Pinchot and his gang are largely responsible for this condition
of things.I hope they realize it. Faithfully yours,C.S. illegible John Muir, Esq. Martinez, Cal.