Copy of a letter from Vilhjalmur Stefansson to William H. Hingston, Jr., 10 April 1924
Date10 April, 1924
abstractCorrespondence, newspaper articles, and other material related to the ill-fated 1921 expedition to Wrangel Island.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberStefansson Mss-91: Harold Noice Papers, Box 1, Folder 2
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COPY.
In care of
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
BROADWAY AT 156th STREET
BROADWAY AT 156th STREET
April 10, 1924.
The President,
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing a carbon of a letter addressed
to Captain Joseph F. Bernard in your care. The last paragraph of
that letter will explain why I am submitting the carbon to you.
Captain Bernard is doing me some hurt but in the long run he will
hurt himself more if he goes ahead under his present mistaken im
pressions and continues to make newspaper charges.
to Captain Joseph F. Bernard in your care. The last paragraph of
that letter will explain why I am submitting the carbon to you.
Captain Bernard is doing me some hurt but in the long run he will
hurt himself more if he goes ahead under his present mistaken im
pressions and continues to make newspaper charges.
When I was in Montreal I tried several times
to get a meeting with Captain Bernard. He once promised to meet
me but did not keep the appointment. Had we met, I am sure we
should have found ourselves the best of friends and he would have
dsicovered readily that his grievances were imaginary. On one of
these occasions I was accompanied by Inspector J. W. Phillips.
Had Captain Bernard come then, things could have been all the more
easily adjusted because Inspector Phillips could have assured him,
or secured evidence to convince him, that his troubles and griev
ances were chiefly imaginary.
to get a meeting with Captain Bernard. He once promised to meet
me but did not keep the appointment. Had we met, I am sure we
should have found ourselves the best of friends and he would have
dsicovered readily that his grievances were imaginary. On one of
these occasions I was accompanied by Inspector J. W. Phillips.
Had Captain Bernard come then, things could have been all the more
easily adjusted because Inspector Phillips could have assured him,
or secured evidence to convince him, that his troubles and griev
ances were chiefly imaginary.
If Captain Bernard is still in Montreal, I hope
you will urge him to have a talk with Inspector Phillips and to
show to the Inspector the letter which he wrote to the Montreal Star.
On some of the points Inspector Phillips will have no opinion but on
others he could easily set Captain Bernard right.
you will urge him to have a talk with Inspector Phillips and to
show to the Inspector the letter which he wrote to the Montreal Star.
On some of the points Inspector Phillips will have no opinion but on
others he could easily set Captain Bernard right.
(Signed) V. Stefansson.
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