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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05245.38 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall |
| Title | Charles G. Horsfall to Children discussing working at the pump house, their exercises his correspondence course and sending money |
| Date | 30 September 1907 |
| Author | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses working the night shift at the pump house. Asks about the boys' commencement exercises. Thinks Owen would do well in the educational field. Resumed his correspondence course but has switched into the Stationary Engineers Course. Promises to send them $150 and mentions their recent visit. Expects Carol to be a pianist. He is surprised that the level of the Salt Lake has risen. Reports that an officer "smashed" his nose demonstrating how to carry a 200 lb sack of coal. |
| Subjects | Alaska Gold Rush Frontiers and Exploration Injury or Wound Education Children and Family Finance Music Women's History |
| People | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Place written | Nome, Alaska |
| Theme | Education; Children & Family; Women in American History; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Writes to his children and wife about Klondike gold fields, mining, life in Alaska, Mormons, and the 1906 election. Horsfall was a Mormon. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Son Daughter |