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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC05245.30 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall |
Title | Charles G. Horsfall to Owen Horsfall discussing Owen's future career, his stake in the mine and family information |
Date | 22 July 1905 |
Author | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
Recipient | Horsfall, Owen |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | He would have met Owen in Portland had he known about Owen's trip earlier. He discusses what career Owen should pursue. He points out that Owen's strength in mathematics would serve him well as a Ph.D. or in the mechanical, electrical, civil and mining engineering fields. He hasn't decided whether or not he will work on the mine he has a stake in this winter. He refers Owen to Aunt Annie and Aunt Nellie for the family information Owen had requested as all he can recall is that Mary's father was named Charles Edwards. |
Subjects | Alaska Gold Rush Frontiers and Exploration Children and Family Mining Science and Technology Mathematics Genealogy Women's History |
People | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) Horsfall, Owen (fl. 1900-1910) |
Place written | Nome, Alaska |
Theme | Children & Family; Education; Science, Technology, Invention; Women in American History |
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 |