Letter, 1936 Apr. 14, Nakskov [Denmark] to Wm. H. Hobbs [Ann Arbor].

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Letter, 1936 Apr. 14, Nakskov [Denmark] to Wm. H. Hobbs [Ann Arbor].

Concerns the shooting of [R.G.] Marvin by [the Eskimo] Koodlooltoo [sic, on the Peary expedition].

2 p. Typescript signed.

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