Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Letters and Telegrams Sent, 1872 - 1919

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Letters and Telegrams Sent, 1872 - 1919

1872-1919

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2990067

This series consists of letters and telegrams sent by Robert E. Peary. The correspondents include Morris K. Jesup, Matthew A. Henson, Russell W. Porter, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert L. Bridgman, Henry G. Bryant, Thomas H. Hubbard, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Charles J. Nichols, and others.

10 linear feet, 11 linear inches

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National Archives at College Park

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...