Sheldon Jackson Correspondence 1895-1951/Box 1/Fd. 2

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Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education for Alaska. S.N. <br> Department of the Interior, <br> Bureau of Education, <br> Alaska Division, <br> Washington, D.C., Octover 5, 1895 <br><br> Rev. Robert G. McNiece, <br> Salt Lake City, Utah. <br><br> Dear Brother: <br> In writing you I forgot to suggest that the friends in Salt Lake City make arrangements to entertain General Eaton during his stay among you. You probably know some families that will find it convenient and pleasant* to entertain him for a week or more at a time. Try and keep him as long as you can ( I believe he has engagements in Atlanta in November). During his present stay push clear** College* matters. It might** may* be convenient for the friends of the enterprise to have a few private* teas at which General Eaton could** can* meet socially with different parties whom it is desireable to interest. I would also suggest that you* formulate during his stay, plans of action, for in General Eaton you have a man of the largest experience in establishing institutions of learning in the country***. I doubt, if his equal in this respect is living on earth. He has had the forming of scores of institutions where his work was done so quietly that his hand did not appear to the public. He was the power reigning** behind the throne* that estab[lished] <br><br><br> * handwritten inserts in original typewritten document <br> ** typed in original document but crossed out by author <br> *** "in the country" is circled and contains an arrow pointing it between "experience" and "in" in the same sentence. <br><br>