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title: 'February 11, 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Amanda Reed McFarland'
date: 1880-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Missions Family Life'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Mark 10'
- 'Acts 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcfarland-1880-february-11-1879-letter-to-sheldon-jackson
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# February 11, 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson

Letters from Rev. Sheldon Jackson describe flourishing Alaska mission work: a growing girls' home and school, arrival of an organ, urgent building funds, and contests with Roman Catholics.

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