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Sherzer, Edwin B. to Clara M. Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05755.047 Author/Creator: Sherzer, Edwin B. Place Written: Nome, Alaska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 August 1901 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 23.5 x 15.0 cm. Order a Copy

re: Anxious to get those letters, but the ships didn't arrived. Talks about the weather for while. But then he mentions the Senator from Seattle. Then he says "This state affairs has made it quite dull at the post office….".

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

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