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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arctic exploration. (search)
h of them in 1848. One of them was an overland expedition under Sir John Richardson, who traversed the northern coast of America 800 miles, in 1848, without finding Franklin. The sea expedition was equally unfortunate. Dr. Rae failed in an overland search in 1850. Three more expeditions were sent out by the British government in search in 1850; and from Great Britain five others were fitted out by private means. One was also sent by the United States government, chiefly at the cost of Henry Grinnell, a New York merchant. It was commanded by Lieutenant De Haven, of the navy. There were two ships, the Advance and Rescue. Dr. E. K. Kane was surgeon and naturalist of the expedition. It was unsuccessful, and returned in 1851. Lady Franklin, meanwhile, had been sending out expeditions in search of her husband, and the British government and British navigators made untiring efforts to find the lost explorers, but in vain. Another American expedition, under Dr. Kane, made an unsuccessfu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kane, Elisha Kent 1820- (search)
essels, in May, 1845. Years passed by, and no tidings of him or his companions came. Expeditions were sent from England in search of him. Public interest in the fate of Sir John was excited in Europe and the United States, and in May. 1850, Henry Grinnell, a merchant of New York, fitted out two ships, the Advance and Rescue, and placed them in charge of Lieutenant De Haven, to assist in the effort. These vessels returned, after remarkable adventures in the polar seas, in the autumn of 1851, without success. In connection with the United States government, Mr. Grinnell fitted out another expedition for the same purpose in 1853. Two vessels, under the command of Dr. Kane, sailed from New York in May. Kane and his party made valuable discoveries, among others, of an open polar sea, long suspected and sought for by scientific men and navigators. But they failed to find Sir John Franklin. The companies of these two vessels suffered much, and were finally compelled to abandon the shi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaw, Albert 1857- (search)
Shaw, Albert 1857- Journalist; born in Shandon, O., July 23, 1857; graduated at Iowa College, Grinnell, Ia., in 1879; studied abroad in 1888-89. Returning to the United States, he established and became editor of the American monthly review of reviews in 1890. He is the author of A chapter in the history of Commnunism; Local government in Illinois; Cooperation in the Northwest; Our War in two hemispheres, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
eral bills are known as the compromise or omnibus bill; the last passed Sept. 20.] Narcisso Lopez, a South American adventurer, makes a filibustering expedition to Cuba from New Orleans in the steamer Creole, and lands at Cardenas, May 19, with about 600 men; is repulsed and retires to the steamer with a loss of thirty killed and wounded; is pursued by the Spanish war-steamer Pizarro to Key West, where he escapes......May 21, 1850 Advance, 140 tons, and Rescue, 90 tons, equipped by Henry Grinnell, of New York, to search for Sir John Franklin, sail from New York City, under Lieut. E. J. De Haven, with Dr. Elisha Kent Kane as surgeon......May 23, 1850 President Taylor dies at Washington, aged sixty-six......July 9, 1850 Vice-President Fillmore takes the oath of office as President......July 10, 1850 William R. King, of Alabama, president pro tem. of the Senate......July 11, 1850 Treaty between the United States and the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, signed Dec. 20, 1849;
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
Whig party disappears from State and national politics after......1852 Horatio Seymour, governor......Jan. 1, 1853 Second Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin sails from New York under Dr. Kane. Funds mostly furnished by Henry Grinnell, of New York, and George Peabody. Grinnell land discovered......May 30, 1853 New York clearing-house established......1853 District libraries of the State have 1,604,210 volumes......1853 [This number was reduced more than one-half Grinnell land discovered......May 30, 1853 New York clearing-house established......1853 District libraries of the State have 1,604,210 volumes......1853 [This number was reduced more than one-half through carelessness and loss up to 1890.] New York Central Railroad formed by the consolidation of the local railroads......1853 Continuous line of railway opened, New York to Chicago......1853 First train over a uniform gauge from Buffalo to Erie and Chicago......Feb. 1, 1854 Office of the State superintendent of public instruction created by a law of......March 30, 1854 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, dies at Washington, D. C., aged ninety-seven years.