The Cook-Peary Files: October 15, 1909: Herbert Bridgman declines
January 19, 2019
This is the 11th in a series examining significant unpublished documents related to the Polar Controversy.
In anticipation of Dr. Cook’s imminent arrival in New York aboard the Oscar II, his hometown sought to give him a grand welcome. The aldermen of the Borough of Brooklyn decided a committee to plan the official welcome for [...]