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Collection Reference Number GLC05245.33
From Archive Folder Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall 
Title Charles G. Horsfall to boys discussing potential and current jobs, his health and the local wildlife and vegetation
Date 09 September 1906
Author Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses a trail cutting and bridge building job he got through a "dicker" with J.A. Crutteudeu. Wants Ed to choose a profession and find a position in it and advises Owen to take the Saltain[?] job rather than stay in the bakery. He is on the Copper river at the mouth of the Chistochina river 165 miles from Valdez. Mentions being poisoned with mosquito gnats. Believes he has a good chance of getting work from Government contracts next year and will start carrying the winter mail with a dog team in November. Describes the wildlife and vegetation, including the "Indian potato."
Subjects Alaska  Gold Rush  Frontiers and Exploration  Infrastructure  Building Construction  Health and Medical  Geography and Natural History  Children and Family  Government and Civics  Post Office  Pets  Transportation  Diet and Nutrition  
People Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)  
Place written Chistochina, Alaska
Theme Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Government & Politics
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