Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Family Correspondence, 1880? - 1919

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Family Correspondence, 1880? - 1919

1880?-1919

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4509742

This series consists of letters and telegrams sent and received by Robert E. Peary. The correspondents include Mary W. Peary, Josephine D. Peary, Edward Stafford, Marie Peary Kuhne, and Emil Diebitsch.

10 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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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...