Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909 (Personal Name)

A statement of facts concerning the difficulties at Sitka, Alaska, in 1885: cover, etc. (Sheldon Jackson, D.D., U.S. General Agent of Education in Alaska; Dr. Jackson)

LC data base, 5/25/89 (hdg.: Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909)

PPPrHi files (Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909); Presbyterian missionary and pioneer in Alaska; founded churches and missions throughout the West from Minnesota to Washington to Arizona; named U.S. General Agent for Education in Alaska in 1885; introduced reindeer to Alaska; Moderator of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in 1897/98)

Wikipedia, September 4, 2020 (Sheldon Jackson; Sheldon Jackson (May 18, 1834, Minaville, Montgomery County, New York - May 2, 1909, Asheville, North Carolina) was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and political leader; during this career he travelled about one million miles (1.6 million km) and established more than one hundred missions and churches, mostly in the Western United States; he is best remembered for his extensive work in Colorado and the Alaska Territory, and for his efforts to suppress Native American languages)