stefansson-wrangel-09-20-093

December 18, 1924.

Dear Maurer:

In the manuscript of the forthcoming book I have the following sentence about the cat that was with the Wrangel Expedition in 1914. "Maurer took the cat with him to Nome and Victoria and eventually to his home in Ohio, where at last reports she was still safe and contented although now growing old." Is this correct?

I should also be grateful for any further information about the cat. If she is still living I would like very much to get a photograph of her. If she is at your home, would it be possible to get a picture of your mother with the cat in her lap, or some other member of the family and the cat?

Mr. John Maurer, New Philadelphia, Ohio.