Sherzer, Edwin B. to Clara M. Miller
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05755.080 Author/Creator: Sherzer, Edwin B. Place Written: Nome, Alaska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 April 1902 Pagination: 10 p. : envelope ; 21.0 x 14.0 cm. Order a Copy
"I hope you will not find me changed but I don't know. I feel the winter has been very hard on me and you may find me more sedate and serious than I was." Longs for spring; suffers anxiety about his mother and feels depressed. "I feel like a man in a dream. I have lost my appetite and at times can't sleep. The boys ask me what is the matter, but I dare not parade my troubles to them [. . . .] You see my mother's letter is heart rending . . . ." Plans to stay through summer to make money.
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