---
title: 'May 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 (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 19'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcfarland-1880-may-1879-letter-to-sheldon-jackson
---

# May 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson

1879 mission report from Fort Wrangell describing Protestant mission work in Alaska, the arrival of Roman Catholic clergy, and a mission home sheltering Native girls from exploitation.

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