Creator

Marian Hooker

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]those haunts makes me long more than ever to get back among them for a while. I am very glad you have been at 325 again. It is always such a pleasure to Mother to have you there. The holidays have passed pleasantly with me; full of work with interest and presenting both sides of life. I wonder if suicides are more frequent in the time of[3]general rejoicing. I watched one poor young thing dying for several days and was glad when her last painful gasp failed, and I saw two gay Xmas trees, the life of them made by the entranced little boys that scampered around, and I have had much in my mind the poor brave Willards facing their loss and his battle with health, and the world is as sunny and

Location

San Francisco

Date Original

1911 Jan 2

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0029-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0029

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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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