Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]if you wanted to lay aside your work for a while and accompany me, for you had spoken of the possibility of coming down here. For three days I have spent my time with those trio sisters, so [illegible]ft, so sorrowful.What she was to me no one else can [ever?] quite be - for years I have gone to her with all the perplexities of 2 [3]my life and she has been so [illegible], so tolerant, so helpful and so full of affection. As I [illegible] again and again to stand beside her casket, I wondered at the strange foolish waste of nature - thinking upon the wicked and the worthless who live on, and then upon her. She was the inspiration of so many. Her work was not half done - she was full04944
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
[1910 ?] Jan 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir19_0095-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0095
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
