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Sherzer, Edwin B. to Clara M. Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05755.007 Author/Creator: Sherzer, Edwin B. Place Written: Nome, Alaska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 June 1900 Pagination: 7 p. : envelope ; 23.3 x 15.9 cm. Order a Copy

written recto only. re: Wrote about how, he and his roommates got settled in the woods. What they did all day (played roulette, climbed, haunted). How much he getting paid.

Sherzer, Edwin B. (Edwin Berger), 1874-1955

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