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MkS. MAin' !• 



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The Academy of Sciciux's \\.-i> I'lr^l (ir!^;mi/i(l uikKv tln' n;mir 

 of the Southern ("ahfnrnia Sciriux' As'-nciatii in in ( )ct()h(.'r, 1S''1. 

 and .Mrs. Mary I'".. 1 lail wa'- il- lir>t Serrclaiv-. She' tdok- an 

 active interest in i)roin(jting its welfare, and contimud to ser\-c in 

 tliat capacity till she was succeeded in 1893 hy Mr. !'>. R. I'.aum- 

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MRS. MARY E. HART and Alaskaa Dog Team 



In 1900 she went to Alaska to join her husband. Judge Frank 

 B. Hart, wdio was engaged in mining in that territory. There she 

 entered uopn a literary career, writing for the local and California 

 press. She usually spent her winters in Los Angeles where she 

 gave lectures on Alaskan scenery and mining life. In January, 

 1910, she represented her Territory in the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific 

 Exposition, held at Seattle, and received a gold medal for her 

 services. Her death occurred in this citv in March, 1921, at the 

 age of 68 years. ' W. H. K. 



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