When the first ship landed in Alaska / Henry E. Phillips, Sitka, Alaska, [1922].

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When the first ship landed in Alaska / Henry E. Phillips, Sitka, Alaska, [1922].

Typescript essay written in 1922 by Henry E. Phillips of Sitka, Alaska, depicting the first contact of the Tlingit Indians with westerners aboard a sailing vessel.

1 item (6 leaves) ; 27 cm.

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