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    "title": "Meteorite Materials - The Ahnighito Meteorite",
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        "Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary Family Collection",
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        "logicalDate": "1897-12-31",
        "year": 1897
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    "seq": 69,
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    "ocrText": "COPY.\nDecember 11, 1897.\nDr. Aristides Brezina,\nDirector Naturhist HofMuseum,\nViena, Austria.\nDear Sir:\nAs conflicting views are likely to be presented rel-\native to the meteoric nature of the Iron masses brought from\nGreenland by Lieut. Peary, during 1895 and 1897, I have taken\nthe liberty of asking an expression of your valuable opinion.\nThe two smaller masses are in this Museum, and were brought\nhome in 1895. The larger specimen, better distinguished by\nLieut. Peary as the \"Great Cape York Meteorite\", is at the\npresent time lying at the Navy Yard in this Port.\nMy relations with Lieut. Peary are of a personal and most\nfriendly nature, aside from my intercourse with him as Pres-\nident of this Institution. For these reasons I especially\ndesire that no question may hereafter arise touching the authen-\nticity of these meteorites. A decisive opinion will not only\nbenefit this Museum, but will, I assure you, be mutually grat-\nifying to Lieut. Peary and myself.\nThe section which I have sent to you for examination is\ncut from the great mass now at the Navy Yard, and I may add\nthat the markings are similar to those of the section cut from\nthe larger of the two specimens at the Museum. I have also\nincluded a copy of the analysis of borings made from each of\nthe three meteorites.\nIf it is not too great an intrusion upon your valuable\ntime, I will be much pleased to have an expression of your\njudgment in this matter at your early convenience. I have\nsought your opinion in the cause of science and in the knowl-\nedge that it will be appreciated by Lieut. Peary as well as\nmyself. By my direction the Secretary has mailed you the An-\nnual Report of the Museum for 1896.\nPermit me in conclusion to ask that in returning the sec-\ntion you will please cause it be sent by registered mail\naddressed to myself; the Secretary will promptly refund you\nthe amount of any expense involved in the transaction, if you\nwill do me the favor to inform him.\nI am, sincerely yours,\n(signed) Morris K Jrssup President"
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