Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Katharine] Hooker & Marian, 1909 Oct 25.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Katharine] Hooker & Marian
Date:
1909 Oct 25
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0840-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Oct 25, 1909 Dear Mrs Hooker Marian: I was very glad to see your kind letter - about the only cheer bright thing
I've seen the last week of constant severe headache. But I'm better. Wet cloth across my brow makes the pain tolerable. That
some of that brain stuff didnt break under such pressure seems wonderful. I was alone None knew anything serious ailed me
But by Providence Scotch radium Ive pulled thru. By next Sunday I hope to be able to speak. My throat is clearing the cold
has ceased to strike d illegible . If the weather holds good wouldn't you enjoy a little look at our valley vineyards? Im
glad you escaped the show It was mostly a dollary commercial scr illegible h. Remember to the South half of the family Ever
gratefully your friend. John Muir