Letter, 1935 Dec. 21, Provincetown, Mass., to Prof. W.H. Hobbs, Ann Arbor.

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Letter, 1935 Dec. 21, Provincetown, Mass., to Prof. W.H. Hobbs, Ann Arbor.

Relates to an attack on Peary as discoverer of the North Pole; is sending photographs.

1 p. Typescript signed.

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University of Michigan

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