Creator

Katharine Hooker

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]non-essentials." Any way I shall enjoy reading it over again and at the same time remembering how it was written under my roof. Your presence there during those strange stormy times was oil on the waters. Who there could have dreamed a quiet harbor was so near - in point of duration? I hardly know why, but true calmness does not appear to have surrounded me yet. I wonder if so many years of tossing amid distress and uncertainty require long [illegible] serenity? I2 [3]was so distrusted and blamed for doing the wrong thing that I find it rare to believe in myself or to trust that I am doing what is worth while.But we are well, tho Marian is rather tired after her steady labor at the college. I don't want her to take the position for a second year. What would you think if we three, Marian and I Ellie spent the coming summer in Europe? That is what we are planning now. It seems to be the one thing that tempts Marian. She loves traveling.09993

Location

San Francisco

Date Original

[1913] Mar 21

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0215-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0215

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Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Owning Institution

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.

Page Number

Page 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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