Creator

[Katharine Hooker]

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]and [illegible] Viewing this world & enjoying all things therein.(Did you ever hear of such effrontery! Just as I had finished writing the top line my [illegible] came in, I jumped up to greet him, he sat down in my place and wrote the end of the sentence to please himself.) You speak as though you had not received the letters Marian and I wrote you just in time to reach you before you sailed? You do not give an address in South America, so I can [3]only direct this to Para and trust to its following you. It took a month for this letter of yours from there to reach me.When I got better of my illness in Los Angeles we went to Lake Tahoe, Marian, Ellie and I. When Ellie went back to open her school and Marian and I came to [illegible] for a while. Did I tell you? (perhaps I had not done it [illegible] I wrote to you) that I have bought a little house here

Location

[San Francisco]

Date Original

[1911] Oct 4

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 24.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0667-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0667

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

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