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Cover image for Letter, from Nellie Lawing, written leaving Seward, Alaska, to Mr. Garfield, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1927 March 25.
Letter, from Nellie Lawing, written leaving Seward, Alaska, to Mr. Garfield, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1927 March 25.
Title:
Letter, from Nellie Lawing, written leaving Seward, Alaska, to Mr. Garfield, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1927 March 25.
Physical Description:
4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.

Each sheet of letter has Alaska-related photo at top of sheet.
Abstract:
Relates her story of arriving in Alaska, seeking employment, hiking and encountering bears.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Nellie Neal Lawing, known as Alaska Nellie, hunted, fished, trapped, dog-mushed and worked in a mining camp, after arriving in Alaska in 1915.
Restrictions on Access:
Manuscript is open to research.
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