Document 99: Letter from William Ballou
William B. Ballou Papers, Letters, 1898-1918, Archives, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Seattle, Washington
April 1, 1898
I like Seattle...all its different fakirs trying to sell you a gold washer, a K. stove, or a dog team with one lame dog which would get well by tomorrow....all the stores have their K. departments...hotels are all K. houses...and fellows give their best girls K. nugget gold pins...."