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Letter from Fenton B. Whiting in Seattle to Georgie, 1929 July 27

 Collection
Identifier: MS 4-13-3

Scope and Contents

Letter includes comments on personal contacts with: Jack Dalton, J.M. "Si" Tanner, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank Reid, and Michael Heney; eye witness account of the Smith-Reid duel and stopping the strike mob on the White Pass and Yukon Railway.

Dates

  • 1929 July 27

Conditions Governing Access

Manuscript is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical / Historical

Doctor who went to Skagway in 1898.

Extent

1 folders (eaves : typescript.)

Language of Materials

English

General

Unsigned letter may be incomplete.

Title
Finding Aid for Letter from Fenton B. Whiting in Seattle to Georgie, 1929 July 27
Status
Completed
Author
Daniel Cornwall
Date
2021 January
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
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Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
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