Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
[2]the contrary I am rather ashamed of it. One might so order one's life so that serenity would reign--unless there were a grief that destroyed peace.I felt it was like you to buy that old home so full of memories. But it is full of emptiness now and I do not see how you[3]can make it sufficiently inhabited to keep loneliness away.Marian and I have been hoping you would get through the press of that accumulation of letters and come back to this other home.Marian says, "Tell him I am very glad he is safely back and I look forward with pleasure to seeing him."
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
[1912 ?] May 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.4 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0949-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0949
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
