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Year Created: 1937
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Description: After Weems’ initial offer to Earhart, her publishing magnate husband, G. P. Putnam, responded the next day to Weems’ offer, kindly rejecting it. This brief and forgotten exchange of letters sheds further light on the frequent criticism of Earhart from both her contemporary peers and from historians of her tendency to be dismissive of training in the more technical aspects of aviation.
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George Palmer Putnam
2 West 45th Street,
New York City.
May 15, 1937.
Dear Commander Weems:
This acknowledges your pleasant letter of May 14th addressed to Miss Earhart. I am flying out to the coast tonight and will take it with me.
I know that few things would interest her more than really to go to work with you. But that, at best, would have to be delayed for a bit. As matters stand it seems that she will be shoving off for another try at the world flight pretty soon now.
Sincerely,
G.P. Putnam
Commander P.V.H. Weems,
Annapolis, Maryland.
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Smithsonian Institution
ID#: WEB12718-2013
Connor, Roger. “Amelia Earhart and the Profession of Air Navigation.” National Air and Space Museum, 12 Feb. 2013, airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/amelia-earhart-and-profession-air-navigation#:~:text=After%20Weems’%20initial%20offer%20to,’%20offer%2C%20kindly%20rejecting%20it.