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Since my return from Brazil I have unearthed the letters and telegrams which clearly prove all of the foregoing contentions and I intend to bring suit against Mr. Stefansson for the recovery of the $1500 which he has prevented me from getting for over a year.

One of the many stories Stefansson has put into circulation with the apparent intention of discrediting me is that when I first arrived in New York I was penniless and that he fed me for two years. As a matter of fact I had made $4,000 in fur on my expedition/of 1918—1921 to Coronation Gulf and when I returned from the Arctic in 1921 I met Stefansson who was then in financial difficulties and loaned him a considerable amount of money. Later on when I sold one of my Ethnological collections to the Heye Museum I again loaned him money. Stefansson eventually paid back the money in small checks. The only foundation for this story was that during the winter previous to my departure for Wrangel Island I had borrowed funds from him for the purpose of finishing a book I was writing about his Canadian Arctic Expedition and had agreed to pay him out of the royalties of the book. Mr. Stefansson was very anxious that I should finish the book and unless he loaned me money for this purpose I would have to discontinue that writing. The other day I met Stefansson and charged him with these lies he had been circulating. At first he denied that I had ever loaned him any money and then apparently realizingthat as my lawyer and another a very well known scientist were present, and would remember his assertions, admitted that

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he didn’t know whether I had loaned him any money or not, but would have to ask his secretary.

Now, Mr. Brewer, I should be very glad to meet you and show you personally any documents you would like to see and if you have heard any other stories which discredit me I think you should give me a chance to state my side of the case.

Yours very truly.

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Just as soon as you are able to we shall be very pleased to receive your cheque covering whatever proportion you think is fair for our work + telegraph charges.

{ we need to [...] have received [additionally ] please send us a cheque

[Oct. 8 Acknowledge with thanks] your cheque - - - just received word from S. that B. is investing account I also gather from S letter- he expects monies realized from sale of story to be credited company. .

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