Autotyped note signed “A. W. Greely,” with 4 manuscript typographical error corrections.
Washington: 3131 O Street NW, [ca. 1930].
Price: $125.00
About the item
1 page. 1 vols. 8vo. Addressed to Seymour Halfsen, a misreading of signature of Seymour Halpern. Letter folded else very good.
Item #35302
Saying that he does not have a photograph available at that time due to similar requests but that Halpern might check the local library and look at his book “Reminiscences.” The eminent arctic explorer and American Army Officer. He commanded the American expedition in 1881 to establish circumpolar stations, discovered new land north of Greenland and reached the most northerly point to that time. In addition to his polar exploration he served in the Civil War, set up military telegraph lines in Montana, the Dakotas and Texas in the late 1870's and set up telegraph lines in China, Alaska, Cuba and the Philippine Islands. He was also in charge of the relief operations in the San Francisco area after the 1906 earthquake disaster. Greely was also the author of several volumes on the polar regions and also telegraphs. From the collection of Seymour Halpern. Seymour Halpern was a Representative from New York. From 1931 to 1933 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Long Island Daily Press and the Chicago Herald Examiner.
