Letter from Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Lieutenant Robert E. Peary

This letter confirms receipt of two letters from Robert E. Peary.

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. June 7, 1897. Lieut. R. E. Peary, U. S. N., Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. My dear Mr. Peary: I have received both your letters. It was a great pleasure to do anything I could for you; and I earnestly wish you the best of luck, not only for your sake, but for that of the Navy and the nation. I am going to show your letter about the way of employing Civil Engineers to as the Secretary, which seems to me to be very important.