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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garibaldi , Giuseppe 1807 -1882 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Habersham , Alexander Wylly 1826 -1883 (search)
Habersham, Alexander Wylly 1826-1883
Naval officer; born in New York City, March 24, 1826; joined the navy in 1841; promoted lieutenant in 1855; resigned in May, 1860; went to Japan as a tea merchant; and was the first to introduce that plant from Japan into the United States.
At the beginning of the Civil War he returned home and was a prisoner at Fort McHenry for six months. He was the author of a narrative of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition.
He died in Baltimore, Md., March 26, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall , Charles Francis 1821 - (search)
Hall, Charles Francis 1821-
Explorer; born in Rochester, N. H., in 1821; in early life was first a blacksmith, and then a journalist in Cincinnati.
In 1859 he appeared in New York, and at a meeting of the American Geographical Society he offered to go in search of the remains of Sir John Franklin.
Funds for the purpose were raised, and in May, 1860, he sailed from New London, Conn., in a whaling vessel, commanded by Capt. Sidney O. Buddington.
The vessel became locked in the ice. He made the acquaintance of the Eskimos, learned their language, acquired their friendship, and lived with them two years, making his way back to the United States in September, 1862, without having discovered any traces of Sir John Franklin and his party.
He was accompanied by an Eskimo and his wife.
His Arctic researches and life among the Eskimos was published in 1864.
In July of that year he set out on another polar expedition, with Buddington, expecting to be absent two or three years, but did
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stephens , Alexander Hamilton -1883 (search)