Creator
Katherine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[Page 1]
Dec 17 [1910]
Dear Mr Muir
Did you ever give Mr. Thacher a copy of Stickeen? If not I want to send him one of the copies you gave me.
We miss you. Things
"[Page 2]
Are much as they were when you went away, excepting that the garret looks empty.
I have only time for a little this morning. I am busy for the poor Willards. Yesterday afternoon their house burned to the ground. The gas company sent a mere boy to remedy some trouble with the gas and he caused an explosion that destroyed the house by fire. Almost nothing could be saved.
Affectionately
Katherine Hooker"
Location
[San Francisco, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1910 Dec 17]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hooker, Katherine, "1910 undated Dec17 Katherine Hooker to JM p1" (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4882.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4882
Resource Identifier
muir00_180-let
File Identifier
MSS 048 John Muir Papers
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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. Respo
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
