Robert E. Peary letter to My dear sir, 1914 Nov. 22.

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Robert E. Peary letter to My dear sir, 1914 Nov. 22.

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Peary writes to My dear sir, on the Army and Navy Club, Washington, letterhead, thanking him for and commenting on his illustrated plates of birds, in particular, knots eggs, and asking him to give his regards to Mr. (John) Burroughs.

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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...