Title:
Letter from Alice Spencer Hooker to John Muir, 1911 Mar 8.
Creator:
Alice Spencer Hooker
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1911 Mar 8
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0154-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
DIRECTORS JOHN D. HOOKER, PRES. MRS. RUSSELL JUDSON WATERS MRS. WILLIAM WARREN ORCUTT MRS. WILLIAM BOWNE HUNNEWELL MISS
CAROLINE M. SEYMOUR MRS. FRED HOOKER JONES SECRETARY AND MANAGER 2430 S. Flower ST. TEL. 22607 Northfield Hall 1361
SOUTH FLOWER STREET LOS ANGELES TELEPHONE 21242 March 8, 1911 My Blessed John Muir, Ever since you went away we have
been waiting for your telegram to say that you were coming home, and now you write and do not set the time for me to meet
you, oh dear, oh dear Your letter was not wet at all upon its arrival, and yet nothing that your ever wrote, could be dry
. We too have boon having nice rains and there are no roses, so yu you see how impossible it would be to properly decorate
you with the symbol of your Office and yet I could still feed you upon rod apples and smile and lark all day long even if
it does rain. So come home. Mr Rooseveltd will soon be here and you must remember that you are invited to a Dinner. Oh how
we all do envy you Grail spent a few days with her friend Marion, but has now returned to her school, as usual, her gallant
Knight was in dancing attendance. Hookers Co Mr Frederick Yates, the Artist, is in our City and comes often to see us,
Men come and men go as usual, and the Hooker Automobile needs no guiding hand to the Railway station. Mrs Thompson is well
and asks when to expect Mr Muir. So you must write again soon to mo, that I may be first to know and tell about it. My Good
Uncle is sitting by too wet to go out into the garden or even to the Office, and says give Sir John my Baptismal Regards Mrs
Hooker is well and if here would second it. We all did enjoy your refreshing greetings. Very sincerely your Devotee, Alice
Spencer Hooker Jones 04973