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Matthew Alexander Henson

(Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955)

Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. To promote a lecture tour, Henson later said he was the first of their party to reach the North Pole but there is no evidence for this. (From Wikipedia)

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For the Recognition of Matthew A. Hensen: Hearing Before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12388, a Bill To Provide for the Recognition Of The Heroic Conduct and Devotion To Duty of Matthew A. Hensen, One of the Survivors of the Polar Expedition of Admiral Peary, and To Provide a Life Pension for the Said Matthew A. Hensen; May 22, 1936 (Washington: GPO, 1936), by United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (page images at HathiTrust)
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1912), by Matthew Alexander Henson, contrib. by Robert E. Peary and Booker T. Washington

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A negro explorer at the North pole (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912), by Matthew Alexander Henson (page images at HathiTrust)

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Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955: A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1912), contrib. by Robert E. Peary and Booker T. Washington

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Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955: A negro explorer at the North pole (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust)

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