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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arctic exploration. (search)
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 unsuccessful search. In a scientific point of view, Dr. Kane's expedition obtained the most important results. It is believed that he saw an open polar sea; and to find that sea other American expeditions sailed under Dr. I. I. Hayes, a member of Kane's expedition, and Capt. Chas. F. Hall. The latter returned to the United States in 1860, and Dr. Haves in 1861. Hall sailed again in 1864, and returned in 1869. The Germans and Swedes now sent expeditions in that direction. In 1869 Dr. Haves again visited the polar waters. The same year. and for some time afterwards, several expeditions were sent out from the continent of Europe. Finally, by the help of Congress, Captain Hall was enabled to sail, with a well-fur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayes, Isaac Israel 1832-1881 (search)
Hayes, Isaac Israel 1832-1881 Explorer; born in Chester county, Pa., March 5, 1832; graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1853. He was surgeon of the second Grinnell expedition to the polar seas under Dr. Elisha Kent Kane (q. v.) Satisfied of the existence of an open polar sea, he wrote and lectured on th9, where they wintered. In April, 1861, with twelve men and fourteen dogs, he pushed northward over the ice in a boat; but finally the vessel was sent back, and Dr. Hayes, with three companions and two dog-sledges, pressed on to land in lat. 81° 37′, beyond which they discovered open water. The expedition returned to Boston in October. Dr. Hayes found his country in civil war, and he served in it as a surgeon. In 1867 he published an account of his expedition, under the title of The open polar sea; and the Royal Geographical Society of London and the Geographical Society of Paris each presented to him a gold medal. In 1869 he sailed in the steamer Panth
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Resignation of Attorney-General McVeagh accepted......Nov. 14, 1881 Trial of Charles J. Guiteau for murder begins at Washington......Nov. 14, 1881 Forty-seventh Congress, first session, opens......Dec. 5, 1881 David Davis presiding in Senate; Joseph Warren Keifer, of Ohio, elected speaker by 148 votes to 129 for Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania......Dec. 5, 1881 President Arthur's annual message......Dec. 6, 1881 Secretary of State Blaine resigns......Dec. 15, 1881 Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, Arctic explorer, born 1832, dies at New York City......Dec. 17, 1881 Exodus of colored people from Edgefield county, South Carolina......Dec. 24-31, 1881 Postmaster-General James surrenders his department to his successor......Jan. 6, 1882 Congress tenders the thanks of the United States to the Khedive of Egypt for the obelisk known as Cleopatra's needle ......Jan. 12, 1882 Guiteau convicted of murder......Jan. 25, 1882 Act granting an additional pension to Mary, widow