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Identifier
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wwu:26276
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Title
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Copy of a letter sent by Jimmy Pickett to his foster-mother
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Date
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1889-04-06
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Description
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[continued from GB1380.1] "…readings, Tableax &c and the two sides take turns at entertaining each other. At the end of the quarter the side that has furnished the best entertainment during the past quarter is invited to an oyster supper gotten up at the expense of the other party. My side is getting badly beaten & I guess will have to furnish the supper. Well if you write soon, write to Roseburg. I will write soon as I get to Portland and tell you where to address me. Had a letter not long ago from my step-mother. She is in Washington & has been very sick. Well I must close. So good by. Very truly yours, James Pickett."
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Digital Collection
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Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
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Type of resource
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still image
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Object custodian
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Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
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Related Collection
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Galen Biery papers and photographs
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Local Identifier
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gb1380.2
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Identifier
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wwu:26242
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Title
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Copy of a letter sent by Jimmy Pickett to his foster-mother
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Date
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1889-04-06
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Description
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"Oakland, Or. Apr 6, '89. Dear Mamma. I have forgotten where I was when I wrote to you last. I have been sketching all along the coast. Have had a rough trip. All kinds of travelling, horseback, steamboat, stage, rowboat, cars, & on foot, bad weather & general discomfort. But we are back into douglas Co. again which is a lovely country. And the spring weather is fine. "This volume of the History is nearly complete, and we go back to Portalnd in a couple of weeks. I hate to go back to work in the hot noisy officeat Portland just as the..."[cont. on photo GB1380.2]
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Digital Collection
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Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
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Type of resource
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still image
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Object custodian
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Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
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Related Collection
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Galen Biery papers and photographs
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Local Identifier
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gb1380.1