Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]active way than usual; not taking long tramps for she is not yet up to the usual energy and must save her strength for the coming hardest year of college work. My brother and his family are with us and he is one of the true lovers of mountains, coming to them every year for his vacation. You also are frequently with us both in thought and in [something?] ever nearer, for we carry "The Mountains of California"[3]with us, and refresh our minds with your descriptions of the trees as we renew our acquaintance with them. Yesterday my brother came back to camp from the top of a nine thousand foot mountain, bringing the most exquisite branch of your [illegible]ell spruce I ever saw - covered with cones of the richest purple.Just now we have the added splendor of a full moon, and last night about ten o'clock
Location
Emerald Bay, Calif.
Date Original
[1909 ?] Jul 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir18_0630-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0630
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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
