Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]more - to give you the opportunity not to go with me if you at all dreaded it.The more I think it over the more I think it will be impossible to ignore what has just happened. it would put me in a questionable position. I intend therefore, to speak to Mr Hooker about it, and of course I cannot judge what the result will be. if I should ignore his decided message, it would put him in the position of having [illegible] [illegible]e full warning, and therefore he could proceed against me[1]San FranciscoSept. 17.My dear Mr MuirI was just about to write you when your letter was handed in. It was good, and it contented me to have you say you enjoyed your visit. I feared you had gone away thinking our main topic was too unhappy. Never mind! there is always04878
[2]friendship, real, so[illegible] enduring, in the world. It warns the smart and it is comforting always which is well, for it is all I can look for for the rest of my life.I went to inquire about trains and found the unlimited method was not followed in the evening. The train we must take leaves at four in the afternoon.[3]the dentist still holds onto me and I do not see the way to getting off before Sunday, the 25th Will that suit you?Those lines of Thoreau's were beautiful.[Ever?] affectionately yoursKatherine HookerP.S. I was going to end there, when I thought I ought to say a little
[5] 2without further notice. Be perfectly free to say that you had rather wait before going there again, if you feel so.04878
Location
San Francisco
Circa Date
[1910] Sep 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hooker, Katharine, "Letter from Katharine Hooker to John Muir, [1910] Sep 17." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5157.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5157
Resource Identifier
muir19_0864-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0864
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. 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
