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LETTER FROM ALASKA

Autograph Letter Signed, "James F. Breman." Five pages, 7 7/8" x 10". Fort Liscum, Alaska. November 11, 1900. Breman writes to Mrs. De Wald, in part: " … I am mailing you a few Alaskan views today and enclosed you will find a catalogue telling about them and you can tell what you think of my amateur efforts at Photography. It is a small role of 5 x 7 views un-mounted, but you can see the kind of scenery we have in this section of Alaska. Forty men will start from here with the Government Supply train the middle of next month to deliver supplies to the different telegraph stations along the Government trails as far as Montaska (250 miles). I am going on the trip and will bring my camera and about six dozen plates and get some winter views of the Interior of Alaska along the Copper and Chestuchena [sic] rivers. I will also try to get a long distance picture of Mt. Wrangle, one of Alaska's active volcanoes. This volcano is about 40 miles from the Government Trail, but if the light is proper I think I can get a good view of it, there is 220 tons of supplies to be taken in and they use large sleds to take it in over the snow. The trip will last four or five months as the goods must be taken over the Summit in re-lays … " Extremely Fine.