Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Katharine Hooker]

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Have been at work every morning for weeks & weeks at 5 o'clock to about 8 P. M. Fell asleep day before yesterday pen in hand though can't sleep much in bed. Hope to rest on way to the great hot river.You have time to write me a line of goodbye to above address.Heaven's peace be yours dear Katharine I [adamantly?] pray.Your very friendJohn MuirN. Y.c/o Professor H. F. OsbornMy dear everlasting friendI'm so glad to see by your letters that you are finding your way, aiming straight ahead in newness of life. God's best good luck to you my word of farewell. I leave Philadelphia on the fifteenth of this month for the Amazon direct all alone as usual.I'm well but very tired finishing Yosemite book

Location

N[ew] Y[ork]

Date Original

[1911 Aug]

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0620-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0620

Copyright Statement

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

Owning Institution

The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Page Number

Page 1

Keywords

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

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