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Collection Reference Number GLC05755.012
From Archive Folder Collections concerning the Alaskan gold rush 
Title Edwin B. Sherzer to Clara M. Miller regarding politics, floods and the solemnity of his day-to-day life
Date 10 August 1900
Author Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902)  
Recipient Miller, Clara M.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description "I hope when I get back home I will not have forgotten how to be gay, but every thing is so dreadfully solemn up here [. . . .]" Talks about a politician, "Mr. Johnson," who asked him "to vote for McK [inley] in the last election and asked me what I cared for the former & working man. He said it was myself I ought to look after not others, that is a nice speech for a person to make and especially one who claims to be a Christian." Mentions how rains have flooded other miners. Says his brother will take a sledge that winter but he will carry to mail [?] 250 miles to avoid starving.
Subjects Alaska  Gold Rush  Frontiers and Exploration  Mining  Politics  Election  President  Christianity  Religion  Extreme Weather  Transportation  Post Office  Diet and Nutrition  
People Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902)  Miller, Clara M. (fl. 1900-1902)  
Place written Nome, Alaska
Theme Westward Expansion; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife