Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]joke they were trying to carry out.Back of San Diego we motored about in a pretty country, full of little mountains and lovely valleys full of oaks. I'm afraid it would have been rather mild for you but we enjoyed it and a far as my brother was concerned it was a complete success. We had been so troubled about his not being well, and oppressed with over-work, but all his cares fell away and he entered into the spirit of the thing and enjoyed it to the full. Besides my brother and his wife there were my cousin Margaret Whitney & my sister Bessie, so that the car was full, more than full including our[3]luggage, a coffee pot, a shovel and various other necessities. We had no accidents or detentions, though we often had to get out and climb steep places, or scramble down nearly perpendicular declivities and once we "drowned our engine" in a deep brook, and occasionally we stopped over night where there was not much to eat. All those were just incidents on the way home and we did not grumble you may be sure.After it I came directly up here where Marian had been trying to settle the house. She has no love for automobiles and would not accompany us on the trip. Ellie came here with me and we are05221
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
[1912] Jul 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir20_1103-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1103
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
