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title: 'October 1877 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'
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcfarland-1880-october-1877-letter-to-sheldon-jackson
---

# October 1877 Letter to Sheldon Jackson

Missionary report from Fort Wrangell, Alaska: establishing schools and a girls' home, teaching natives, mediating marriages, coping with sickness and scarce resources.

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