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Field name | Value |
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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 |