"John Muir, Esquire, a distinguished naturalist and explorer"
— John Muir

January 1, 1970

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from a cable issued 8 July 1911 on behalf of President William H. Taft, instructing US diplomatic officers to aid Muir during his 1911-1912 trip to South America and Africa; reproduced in John Muir's Last Journey, edited by Michael P. Branch (Island Press, 2001), page 45