Letter, 1943 Nov. 8, Adelaide, Australia, to Mary E. Cooley, South Hadley, Mass.

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Letter, 1943 Nov. 8, Adelaide, Australia, to Mary E. Cooley, South Hadley, Mass.

Disputes Hobbs's views, that Wilkes could have sighted Antarctic land in the area claimed.

[2] p. Typescript signed, with holograph post script.

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University of Michigan

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