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Sherzer, Edwin B. to Clara M. Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05755.005 Author/Creator: Sherzer, Edwin B. Place Written: Dutch Harbor, Alaska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 June 1900 Pagination: 5 p. : envelope ; 23.2 x 16.0 cm. Order a Copy

Red ink, and written recto only. re: Daily activities on the boat and off the boat. Wrote about the animals(skin), roommates(seasick), Indians and the scenery (Monarch Island, glacier).

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

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