Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Papers Relating to Retirement Bills, 1909 - 1920

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Papers Relating to Retirement Bills, 1909 - 1920

1897-1920

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4752935

This series consists of records relating to Robert E. Peary congressional retirement bills. Included are materials pertaining to the bill authorizing Peary's retirement from the Navy at the rank of rear admiral. There are also documents relating to the resolution that questions Peary's attainment of the North Pole and proposal to revoke his retirement as rear admiral. Included are congressional hearings, reports, speeches and joint resolutions. There are also papers prepared by Peary in response to the resolution such as reports and draft exhibit material, copies of affidavits and other statements relating to North Pole expeditions. Located in the series are also documents pertaining to the Frederick Cook - Robert E. Peary controversy, such as notes, letters, reports, articles and newspaper clippings.

3 linear feet, 4 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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Cook, Frederick A.

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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...

Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940

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Explorer, author, and businessman. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. [1937-1991] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723117 Physician and polar explor on three expeditions to North Greenland, 1891-1894; part of Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899. From the description of Letter from Frederick Albert Cook to S.S. McClure, Ltd., 1894 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70292749 Cook claimed to have been the fir...