Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
what she lost. She would send you her love if she were up - I am writing in the early morning before the rest of the family are stirring.
With affectionate regards -
yours
Katharine Hooker
[1]
[letterhead]
Jan 3
My dear Mr Muir
I felt so very sorry for you when I received your letter that I do not know how I could have failed to write at once and say so, but the [crowding?] duties of these days have
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[2]
made me delay
I had hoped that your daughter Helen's health was quite restored and that you would have no more serious anxiety about her, and now the trouble is renewed and you must again leave your home and go in search of help for her. I do trust that she will
[3]
respond quickly to the dry air you find for her and that the time of exile may not have to be as long as you fear.
Marian is at home on a vacation and looking quite blooming, but she still has to be looked after, that she may take enough rest and [store?] up strength again to take the place of
Location
Los Angeles
Circa Date
[1908] Jan 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hooker, Katharine, "Letter from Katharine Hooker to John Muir, [1908 ?] Jan 3." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5221.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5221
Resource Identifier
muir17_0021-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0021
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
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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
