Creator

Katharine Hooker

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]Angeles there. Your letters are piling up here--do you want them sent to you, or will you wait till Mrs. Thompson can help you reply to them?Yesterday I saw Helen and [Jenny?] Budallia. Helen was looking very pretty and very cheerful though she was in bed. She went out without enough wraps and took a little cold, so they put her to bed again. She said I was to tell you nothing serious came2 [3]of it excepting that it postponed the time of her going back to the desert. She seemed, indeed to be rather pleased that she had had this slight set-back, because it was proved that the baby took no notice of it but kept on thriving just the same. As for that infant, both his parents appear to think highly of him, Mr. Funk's only anxiety being lest he is dangerously intelligent at an early age!Helen said she would have written you before now, but that she has04974

Location

Ursa Major [Los Angleles]

Date Original

[1911 ?] Mar 9

Source

Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0157-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0157

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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

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