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This letter invites Robert E. Peary to lunch at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, D.C.
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Robert E. Peary, Civil Engineer
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Robert E. Peary, Civil Engineer
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This letter invites Robert E. Peary to lunch at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, D.C.
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Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary Family Collection
Letters and Telegrams Received
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1898-01-07
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON.
January 7, 1898.
My dear Mr. Peary:
On Tuesday at one can you come in here and
take lunch with me at the Metropolitan Club?
Stop for me at my office first. It will be a
great pleasure to have a chance to talk over one
or two matters with you.
Very sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosenely
Civil Engineer R. E. Peary, U.S.N.,
45 Clinton Place,
New York.