| dc.description.abstract | Correspondence, typed summary of interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, George Elliot, and life in early Jamestown. Includes mention of George Elliott coming to N.D. in 1879, the family's arrival in 1880, getting a contract to build railroad grade, buying a farm near Spiritwood, N.D., blizzards, the homesickness of Sadie's mother, description of their home, her father's attempts at gardening, digging a well, entertaining visitors, their move to Jamestown, N.D. where Sadie attended Jamestown College, her teaching career in Jamestown and Fargo, N.D. | en_US |
