stefansson-wrangel-09-20-018

Stef Arctic Ex

June 8

Box 365 Canton, Ohio June 6, 1922

Dear Mr. Stefansson:

Lest you make other arrangements for the time you are in Ohio before a letter sent to your address in Cleveland could reach you, I want to write now to tell you that my mother joins me in asking you again to visit us in our home. We shall be glad to have

you spend several days - perhaps a week end - with us if you can arrange to do so. I hope you can and will.

I don't believe you will have to wait much longer for the decisions about the expedition to be made, and I think they will be just about as you wish them. Your present contracts are not so binding that you cannot get your release for something you desire more.

If you do not lead the expedition, I will not go. Without you, failure can be expected. Whether you take charge or not will be largely "up to you". Your present plan of not going North yourself this year can be changed without much difficulty.

If this letter does not reach you so that I shall receive a reply before you are in Cleveland I will write to you there at the address you have given me.

We want you to come. Ruth Maurer

P.S. - Our home address is 819 - 14th St. N.W. Let us know when you will arrive and someone will meet you. - R.M.