Jackson Rev Sheldon (2 results)

400pp. Crown octavo. Bright blue publisher's cloth with black and gold gilt decorations and lettering stamped to the front board and spine. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings within the text, full page engravings and maps, including one folding in colour. Some rubbing along the edges of the boards, mostly to the corners and head and tail of the spine. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown. Occasional light spot of foxing. A very good copy. A. B. 7949; Tourville 2311. Apparently a later printing, as the first edition had only 327pp. This printing adds a 12th chapter, pp.330-400, on the native population of Alaska according to the 1800 census, "An Address delivered.August, 1883".

[ALASKA]. First edition. 8vo. Disbound printed wrappers, 28 pp., illustrated, plates, map. Senate Executive Document No. 30, 47th Congress, 1st Session. Contains five full-page plates and a folding sketch map of Alaska. Jackson was the first Presbyterian missionary to work in Alaska, arriving in 1877, and was a tireless advocate for Alaskan statehood, as well as for the spiritual and economic well being of the native population. Between 1877 and 1885, when he received an official appointment as General Education Agent in Alaska, he established Presbyterian mission schools in six Alaska communities and lobbied religious and political leaders for private and Congressional funds for education in Alaska. This early report includes an overview of the education under the Russian government and education since the purchase of Alaska, followed by details on schools in Fort Wrangel, Sitka, and among various native tribes and is illustrated with photos of students at some of Jackson's Indian schools. Front and rear covers uniformly tanned at the extremities, else an internally clean copy with all plates and folding map in fine condition. Overall a near fine copy.