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The Origin of the Fremont Explorations

The Origin of the Fremont Explorations

Jessie Benton Frémont

The author recounted the desire of her father, Senator Thomas Hart Benton, that the United States move west to the Pacific Ocean, and her part in delaying a recall order when her husband, John Charles Frémont, began his second expedition.
John Charles Fremont: The Pathfinder

John Charles Fremont: The Pathfinder

Charles W. Maynard

His father, also named John Charles, was from France. Anne Beverley Whiting, John Charles's mother, was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Whiting of Richmond, Virginia. When John Charles was only five years old, his father died.
Memoirs of My Life

Memoirs of My Life

John Charles Frémont

Fremont's memoirs are a firsthand account of the growth and expansion of the United States from the years 1828-1846, and include descriptions of the adventures that he shared with Kit Carson.
John Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny

John Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny

Andrew F. Rolle

In this comprehensive biography, Andrew Rolle carefully examines the historical record with a psychobiographical approach that explores and explains the many irrationalities of Frémont’s character.
The Letters of Jessie Benton Frémont

The Letters of Jessie Benton Frémont

Jessie Benton Frémont

Very sincerely yours, Jessie Benton Fremont (Mrs. Fremont, P. O. Box, Sing Sing- on-Hudson New York). ALS (DNA-94, Francis P. Fremont appointment file, 4922- ACP 1877). Richard C. Drum was adjutant general. 1. JCF had requested that ...
Discovering America, 1700-1875

Discovering America, 1700-1875

Henry Savage

Draws heavily on the writings, paintings, and maps of Jonathan Carver, John James Audubon, John Charles Fremont, and other explorers and naturalists who introduced the public to the wonders of the landscape of North America
Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Frémont

Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Frémont

Charles Wentworth Upham

2 vols. 16mo. $2.50. OAKFIELD. A Novel. By Lieut. Arnold. Price $1.00. ESSAYS ON THE FORMATION OF OPINIONS AND THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH. 1 vol. 16mo. Price $1.00. WALDEN: or, Life in the Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau. 1 vol ...
John Charles Frémont: Pathfinder to the West

John Charles Frémont: Pathfinder to the West

Harold Faber

A biography of the nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer whose many expeditions helped open up the American West to settlers.
John Charles Frémont: The Last American Explorer

John Charles Frémont: The Last American Explorer

Ronald Syme

A biography of the nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer whose many expeditions helped open up the western territories to settlers.
John Charles Frémont: Adventurer in the Wilderness

John Charles Frémont: Adventurer in the Wilderness

Vada F. Carlson

You'd be risking your life." "I'm not afraid," John reassured her, busy with his preparations. "There are all sorts of dangers in living. I'll survive." Why should he worry about mosquitoes and snakes, when he intended to be off to the wilderness at ...
A Year of American Travel

A Year of American Travel

Jessie Benton Frémont

The book closes with the Frémonts' return to the East when Frémont assumed his seat in the U.S. Senate.
Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American ...

Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American ...

Tom Chaffin

Thanks, too, to librarians and archivists at the following institutions: the Bancroft Library, at the University of California at ... the Park-McCullough House, in North Bennington, Vermont; University Library's Department of Special Collections at ...
Fire on the Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American ...

Fire on the Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American ...

Charles F. Wilkinson

( Boulder: Pruett, 1987), pp. 26-27; David B. Madsen, Exploring the Fremont (Salt Lake City: Utah Museum of Natural History/University of Utah, 1989), pp. 1-15, 63 -64; Charles S. Marsh, People of the Shining Mountains: The Utes of Colorado ...
Illusions in Motion: Media Archaeology of the Moving ...

Illusions in Motion: Media Archaeology of the Moving ...

Erkki Huhtamo

Rockett, Kevin, and Emer Rockett. Magic Lantern, Panorama and Moving Picture Shows in Ireland, 1786-1909 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011). Rolle, Andrew. John Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny. Norman: University of Oklahoma ...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: ...

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: ...

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... artist) David Glasgow Farragut (by J. H. Bufford lithography company) Millard Fillmore (by Francis D'Avignon) Millard Fillmore (by Adam Weingaertner) James Fisk (by unidentified artist) John Charles Frémont (by Francis D'Avignon) Ulysses  ...
Free Hearts and Free Homes: Gender and American Antislavery ...

Free Hearts and Free Homes: Gender and American Antislavery ...

Michael D. Pierson

Gender and American Antislavery Politics Michael D. Pierson. 4. Upham, John Charles Frémont, 10; paraphrased in New Haven Daily Palladium, July 2, 1856. Upham claimed such a close friendship between George Washington and ...
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, County of Orange, ...

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, County of Orange, ...

Orange County (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors

... Wilson 1897 Charles H. Weygant 1898 Charles H. Weygand 1899 Charles H. Weygant 1900 Charles H. Weygant 1901 Charles H. Weygant 1902 Charles H. Weygant 1903 John Templeton 1904 John Templeton 1905 John Templeton 1906 ...
Jessie Benton Frémont, Missouri's Trailblazer

Jessie Benton Frémont, Missouri's Trailblazer

Ilene Stone

"Chronicles the life of Missouri native Jessie Benton Fremont--firm opponent of slavery and writer of such works as A Year of American Travel and Souvenirs of My Time, daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, and wife of army explorer and ...

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