BIB_ID
440500
Accession number
MA 6162
Creator
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
Display Date
Boston, Massachusetts, 1933 September 13.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.7 cm
Notes
Signed "Dick Byrd."
Byrd is referring to the ships the Bear of Oakland and the Pacific Fir, which he used during the Second Byrd Expedition (1934).
Byrd is referring to the ships the Bear of Oakland and the Pacific Fir, which he used during the Second Byrd Expedition (1934).
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Hamilton Galleries, Inc., lot 48, auction 166 (Richard E. Byrd), November 29, 1984.
Summary
Saying that the Bear will not stop in New York: "It is imperative that she move as rapidly as possible to the South and there is no need for her to stop at New York for materials as it is for the Fir which will have to stop for oil. We are in a terrific last minute rush, but hope to get off by the 25th."
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