Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Feb 6.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Date:
1896 Feb 6
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0052-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
f.? Yosemite 46 Martinez, Feb. 6, 1896 My dear Mr. Johnson. Dr. McLean, as you will see by the enclosed letter, wants
an introduction to you. He is now in Washington as a delegate from the Ca. River Harbor Improvement Co. to secure appropriations
for the Sacramento San Joaquin Rivers. What he most dearly wants however is an appropriation for the purchase of the Yosemite
Park roads, one of which, the one from Coulterville to Yosemite, he owns. I suppose all these roads (described by Noble's
Commissioners) ought to belong to the Government be free to visitors. The Doctor is well acquainted with Yosemite affairs
but how much he cares for them outside of his pecuniary interests I dont know, though I have been slightly acquainted with
him for many years. I hope therefore my introduction will not lead you to lose more time than from your own judgement when
you see him seems to warranted. Your editorials in last Century are grand. Ever Yours John Muir