(MICHIGAN - MINING & REDEMPTION) Emma C. Nason (1843-1916?) The Upper Peninsula. The King's Daughters' and Sons' Mission Work in Mining Districts and Lumber Camps. [Caption title] : , . [No place, no date, but ca. 1893. Signed at end in type "Emma C. Nason, Blodgett Mills, N.Y." ] Leaflet, single sheet, 6" x 9" and printed on both sides, folded once to form four pages. Fine condition. A plea for funds for gospel work in the Great Lakes region. Nason discourses upon the immensity of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and its mining wealth in Houghton county, famous for its copper, then asks: "Shall the great undeveloped wealth of the Upper Peninsula be turned into channels of blessings or into rivers of sin?" Nason continues: "The need of Gospel work at some points is appalling. From the hard towns of Hurley and Ironwood at the west end of the field, throughout the whole Peninsula to Sault Ste Marie at the east end of the field, it is all mission ground. At least one lumber settlement of a couple of dozen houses can be counted fifteen saloons -planted to draw in men from the lumber camps- and around this centre of evil 5,000 men are scattered the camps of those forests." Nason also notes that her mission has already saved many "hard cases," and not just lumberman, but miners, boatmen of the lakes and soldiers at Fort Brady. Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 141189    inquire

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