Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[4]to realize, to expound, to come to life as it might be. I began by being torpid and timorous--that is wearing away. There was little rebound at first, after the long strain. Then a night came when physically and mentally I had such strange sensations that I wondered vaguely if I were going to die. I remembered that it happened sometimes to people after a sudden great change, [even?] if it [were?] the change of relief.It is a pitiful thing, is it not, that the passing away of a man--a husband and father--whould leave relief behind, instead of grief![5]Marian is well but so busy and so closely tied to her present work that I cannot have much of her yet. On the fifth of August her hospital term is over and perhaps then we may go away to those healing mountains of yours for a time. I shall come back here to be at hand when she emerges.Very affectionately yoursKatharine HookerI should like you to call me Katharine rather than the formal "Mrs Hooker."
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
[1911] Jul 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0524-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0524
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
