Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Robert Foran

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran he has received the cables. Roosevelt provides a statement in support of Robert E. Peary’s expedition success to be published if the reports of his success in the North Pole is true. Roosevelt is confused by the cable about Frederick Albert Cook because he is unaware of who the man is or what he has accomplished. He informs Foran he and Kermit Roosevelt have had success hunting elephants and rhinoceros together, but they will soon separate to travel and hunt separately.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-12

Letter from T. Everett Harvey to Theodore Roosevelt

T. Everett Harvey informs Theodore Roosevelt that Frederick Albert Cook is sending him an advance copy of My Attainment of the Pole and hopes Roosevelt will read it and offer his opinion. The letter emphasizes that the book presents Cook’s side of the controversy and addresses criticisms with evidence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-12

Letter from William S. Vaux

The Fifth Annual Meeting and Dinner of the American Alpine Club will be held in New York City on January 7, 1907. Commander R. E. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook will be present and will tell some of their experiences.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur L. Bates

Theodore Roosevelt thoroughly thanks Representative Bates for his help with the Robert E. Peary matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur L. Bates

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Representative Bates for supporting the bill to promote Robert E. Peary. He believes in the importance of recognizing men such as Peary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Campbell Greenway

Theodore Roosevelt is genuinely touched by Representative Chester A. Congdon’s letter and thinks he is right. However, as he shares with John Campbell Greenway, he does not see how he could have stayed out of the fight. If he had, his friends and supporters would have felt he abandoned the fight for decency. Roosevelt will do all he can to regulate the use of great wealth in business, eliminate privilege, and work for more equality of opportunity and better conditions for those not well off. However, he will not go into general assaults or accept visionary theories as panaceas, regardless of who promotes it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert L. Bridgman

President Roosevelt would like Herbert L. Bridgman to forward the enclosed letter to Captain Robert E. Peary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Truman Handy Newberry

President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry why Robert E. Peary is not receiving full pay after Roosevelt directed him to be put on duty pay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry De Windt

President Roosevelt thanks Harry De Windt for his book, Through Savage Europe. In a postscript, Roosevelt mentions having had lunch with Robert E. Peary and bidding him goodbye on his way to the North Pole.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar S. Straus

President Roosevelt notifies Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus that Robert E. Peary has been directed by the Navy Department to report to the superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Roosevelt tells Straus to instruct the Superintendent to order Peary to make tidal observations in the Polar Sea, which it is believed will illuminate the Coast Survey theory that there is a land mass in the Arctic Ocean.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Clay Frick

President Roosevelt writes to Henry Clay Frick to introduce Robert E. Peary, the arctic explorer. Roosevelt apologizes for taking advantage of Frick’s good nature, but Roosevelt feels that Peary’s work is important and, as one of his benefactors recently died, his next expedition does not have the funding that it needs.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morris K. Jesup

President Roosevelt does not believe it would be possible to appoint Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary to a position Morris K. Jesup has inquired about.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-27

Letter from Rudolph Forster to Morris K. Jesup

Rudolph Forster acknowledges Morris K. Jesup’s letter, as well as a letter from Josephine Diebitsch Peary. On behalf of President Roosevelt Forster informs Jesup that Navy Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott’s position with the “Bureau” cannot be given to Admiral Robert E. Peary, Josephine’s husband. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morris K. Jesup

President Roosevelt believes explorer Robert E. Peary “is doing good service” and will support him, especially in Peary’s absence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Ziegler

President Roosevelt informs William Ziegler that he is interested in Walter Wellman’s work on an Arctic expedition, and endorses Wellman’s administrative abilities. Roosevelt notes he will help Wellman in any way, just as he helped Robert E. Peary’s arctic endeavors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morris K. Jesup

President Roosevelt heartily thanks Morris K. Jesup for working with Robert E. Peary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Daniel C. Gilman

President Roosevelt asks Dr. Gilman and the Carnegie Institute to support Robert E. Peary and back his next Polar expedition.

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Creation Date

1903-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. J. McGee

President Roosevelt believes in Captain Peary and wants to assist in the work of his polar exploration. Roosevelt will not accept an honorary presidency of any organization but would accept honorary membership in the National Geographic Society.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt believes that Robert Peary has done valuable work as an Arctic explorer and supports giving him a leave of absence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-28