Correspondence to Franklin Baldwin Wiley, 1904.

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Correspondence to Franklin Baldwin Wiley, 1904.

Regarding Peary's article in Ladies' Home Journal, "What I Expect to Find at the North Pole," prior to his 1905 expedition.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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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...