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Field name | Value |
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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 |