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Collection Reference Number GLC05245.45
From Archive Folder Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall 
Title Charles G. Horsfall to Owen Horsfall regarding vegetarianism, race hatred, installing electricity and Owen's work with the church
Date 27 March 1909
Author Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)  
Recipient Horsfall, Owen  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses becoming a vegetarian. Thinks " the race hatred will be a long time dying out." Reports the Quartermaster wants to install "central heating, electric lighting, and water distributing system." Congratulates Owen on the 9th Ward's Sunday School rewarding him for his work with the church.
Subjects Alaska  Gold Rush  Frontiers and Exploration  Health and Medical  Diet and Nutrition  African American History  Electricity  Building Construction  Religion  
People Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)  Horsfall, Owen (fl. 1900-1910)  
Place written Nome, Alaska
Theme African Americans; Religion; Health & Medicine
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