[Letters] [manuscript]. 1914.

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[Letters] [manuscript]. 1914.

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Two letters written to Arthur Doncaster concerning raising of funds to finance an expedition to attempt to cross the Antarctic continent 1914-1917.

4 p. ; 36 cm.

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