Creator

Marian Hooker

Creator

Marian Hooker

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

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Ellie will have to represent the gray Rock quartette with only the guitar to help her out, since Helen too has deserted and become engaged.
I am enclosing a few pictures of the Monterey cypresses

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325 [W.?] Adams St.
Los Angeles - Cal -
Jan 20 - 1903.

My dear Mr. Muir-

It was very pleasant to have your New years' greetings, and both Ellie and I have been wanting to write you since.
Just now I am thinking with

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[longing?] of the mountings, regretting that I shall not be among them this year living over again the great happiness of the past summer -
However, the plans ahead of me hold many attractions, for they predict Italy. My mother

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and I sail from New York February fourteenth, to Naples - for a trip of some months. We plan on this trip to spend quiet lazy days in the south of Italy, in Sicily, and then in the warm weather go to the mountains north of Florence.

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that I thought might interest you. They are wonderful things to me.

With warm regards,

Very sincerely yours,

Marian Hooker

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Location

Los Angeles

Date Original

1903 Jan 20

Source

Original letter dimensions: 12.5 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir13_0080-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 13, Image 0080

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Pages

3 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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