Letter, 24.6.1925, from Herbert Sherman Houston

Object reference: RA 318B30

Type: Letter

Sender / Author: Herbert Sherman Houston

Recipient: Roald Amundsen

Date: 24.6.1925

Language: English

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Transcription

                                                                                                                            

Captain Roald Amundsen,

% The Aerial Club,

Oslo, Norway.

My dear Captain Amundsen:

            My hat is off and up in honor of

your brilliant achievement in flying so near to the North

Pole. Your indomitable courage and intrepid spirit quite

deserved your reaching the Pole itself — and I am confident

that some day you will do it.

            It happens that I am to have the

good fortune of coming to Norway very soon as Mrs. Houston

and I are sailing on the Frederick the 8th on June 30th and

shall reach Oslo about July 9th or 10th. I certainly hope

that I may have the great pleasure of seeing you there so

that I can pay my personal compliments to you.

            My great personal friend, Major

Loring Pickering, is just leaving for Europe and he has told

me over the telephone that he expects to see you in Norway

and I am expecting personally to foregather with him in

Oslo so we may be seeing you at about the same time.

            For many years I was Publisher of

The World’s Work and the partner of our late Ambassador to

England, Walter Hines Page. I had the privilege of meeting

you some years ago when you were on a visit to this country.

It will be a great pleasure to see you again.

            With the assurances of my high regard

believe me to be

Yours faithfully,

Herbert S. Houston [by hand]

Herbert S. Houston.

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