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in margin: Colby on Yo illegible Apr. 16-07 My dear Mr. Muir: I have hoped in vain to be able to go up to see you 'ere
this but I was away a whole month trying a case then Mrs. Colby did not wish me to leave her now two babies in the family
keep me at home during my spare hours. I have wanted to talk over Yosemite illegible affairs with you. Garfield - the new
Secretary of the Interior, informs me that Congress only appropriated 30,000. for the Yosemite Park this year but this 03865