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Sept. 24b & 25 James A. Wickersham diary, 1901.

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Collection Name	Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s.
Identifier	ASL-MS0107-Diary02-1901-September24b&25
Title	Sept. 24b & 25 James A. Wickersham diary, 1901.
Creator	Wickersham, James, 1857-1939
Contributors	Slemmons, Mary Anne [Transcriber]
Type	Text
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl@eed.state.ak.us
Transcript	The "Golden Gate Hotel" may fairly be called a telephone building - you can hear a man kiss his wife in the fourth room down the hall from yours A young - newly married couple occupy the room next to me, -they occupy a rappy {squeaky} spring bed just through a thin partition - and they make me nervous! Stormy for last two days & all vessels had to leave the front of Nome,- they cut & run behind Sledge Island - they came back today & are trying to get their passengers aboard tonight. No wharf, and they have to go out half a mile to the steamer on a scow or in small boats - its pretty dangerous. -25th- Took dinner with Dr. Call tonight - Capt. Jarvis & US. Marshal Frank Richards also present. I am very fond of Capt. Jarvis; he is a loveable, honest and competent man - I think those three words cover about all that is necessary in a man, - and he is the typical citizen - that he is modest goes without saying - having the other virtu[es]
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