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Sir John Franklin's journals and correspondence: the first ...

Sir John Franklin's journals and correspondence: the first ...

Sir John Franklin

"Nearly complete transcriptions of the extant journals kept by John Franklin during his expedition to the unknown northern coast of the North American continent in the years 1819 to 1822." - Introduction.
The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N.

The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N.

Henry Duff Traill

A personal memoir of Polar explorer Sir John Franklin, based on family documents and originally published in 1896.
Sir John Richardson: Arctic explorer, natural historian, ...

Sir John Richardson: Arctic explorer, natural historian, ...

Robert Eugene Johnson

Comprehensive, scholarly biography including sections on Richardson's arctic expeditions with, and in search of, Sir John Franklin ; assessment of his importance as a natural historian ; extensive survey of source material.
Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny

Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny

Anthony Dalton

Drawing from evidence found by 19th-century Arctic explorers following in Franklin's footsteps and investigations by 20th-century historians and archaeologists, Dalton retraces the route of the lost ships and recounts the sad tale of ...
John Franklin Jameson and the Development of Humanistic ...

John Franklin Jameson and the Development of Humanistic ...

John Franklin Jameson

John Franklin Jameson Morey Rothberg, Jacqueline Anne Goggin. had issued a declaration of intellectual and institutional independence from Jameson, and they even engaged the apparatus of the AHA in purposes far removed from those ...
John Franklin

John Franklin

John Wilson

John Franklin explored and charted Canada’s arctic seacoast in 1819-1822, 1825-27, and 1845.
Commons Debates, 1621: The parliamentary notes of Sir Thomas ...

Commons Debates, 1621: The parliamentary notes of Sir Thomas ...

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MALLETTS report for Sir John Bennitt. That Sir John Bennitt hath bin 19 yeeres bin Judge of the prerogative, that he being [blank}. August 1618 Halmon made his sonne executor. Kylvart moved that the will might be proved and gave Sir John ...
Arctic Explorations: The Second and Last United States ...

Arctic Explorations: The Second and Last United States ...

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The Second and Last United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin-- with a Biographical Sketch of the ... to transport her to open water; while McGary, Hans and myself followed with our St. John's sledge, carrying our stores.
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory. there ever still hermit to his life's end. Then Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Gahalantine, Sir Galihud, Sir Galihodin, Sir Blamore, Sir Bleoberis, Sir Villiars le Valiant, Sir Clarrus of Clermont, all these knights drew ...
The Epigrams of Sir John Harington

The Epigrams of Sir John Harington

Sir John Harington

Sir John Harington Gerard Kilroy. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without  ...
Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery ...

Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery ...

Sir John Leach

Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls Sir John Leach, John Tamlyn. OF CASES DECIDED IN Cije £(gfj Court of Cljancerg, THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN LEACH, MASTER OF THE ROLLS. BY JOHN TAMLYN, OF GRAY'S INN, ESQ. BARRISTER ...
Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

Intimate, at times revelatory, Mirror to America chronicles Franklin's life and this nation's racial transformation in the twentieth century, and is a powerful reminder of the extent to which the problem of America remains the problem of ...
Annual Conclave

Annual Conclave

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C E. Sir Lyman Chandler Hurd, E. Sir Amasa Ogden Clapp, E. Sir Francis Granger Jaques, E. Sir John Charles Black, E. Sir Mahlon Lindley. MEMBERS.— ISaaC Albright, Edward Blackshaw, Joseph Black, Myron Stodard Brown, Jesse Burt, ...
The Gentleman's Magazine

The Gentleman's Magazine

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Sir John Tobin. Feb. 27. At his residence, Liscard Hall, Cheshire, in his 89th year. Sir John Tobin, Knt. Sir John Tobin was the son of Patrick Tobin, esq. merchant, of the Isle of Man. At an early age he went to sea, in the merchant service, ...
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

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SIR JOHN TOBIN. Feb. 27. At his residence, Liscard Hall, Cheshire, in his 89th year. Sir John Tobin, Knt. Sir John Tobin was the son of Patrick Tobin, esq. merchant, of the Isle of Man. At an early age he went to sea, in the merchant service, ...
The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century

The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century

John Hope Franklin

Originating as three lectures delivered at the University of Missouri in April 1992, historian John Hope Franklin reflects on racism, the most persistent social problem in American history.
An account of the receipts and disbursements relating to Sir ...

An account of the receipts and disbursements relating to Sir ...

Sir John FIELDING

W. WHlTETHREAD, Thomas White, George ' Warden, Charles Walter, William W' estron, joseph Williams, Edward ... Simon Whitehead, john W'iggins, Thomas Wellbeloved, John Wildair, john Weathersfoot, John Westerman, Thomas W'aller,  ...
An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements Relating to Sir ...

An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements Relating to Sir ...

Sir John Fielding

RECEIVED, March 6, 1769, of Sir John Fielding, the ftalt of ten pounds, being the fees of apprenticejhip given iuith James Coggan, and John Hervey, two boys taken on board the Content. L. 10 o o Thomas Kendall. RECEIVED, March 6, 1769, ...
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British ...

A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British ...

Robert Beatson

47. Devon County. 1 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Robert Rolle, esq. 2 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Robert Rolle, esq. 3 Sir Will. Pole, bt. " John Rolle, esq. Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. 4 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Sir Cop. W. Bampfylde, bt. 5 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt.
Oil and Gas Field Code Master List 2003

Oil and Gas Field Code Master List 2003

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... WAYNE ADAMS ADAMS WALTHALL FRANKLIN FRANKLIN PIKE WILKINSON HOLMES LEFLORE WILKINSON WILKINSON WILKINSON YAZOO FRANKLIN CLARKE FRANKLIN FRANKLIN COVINGTON WILKINSON WILKINSON AMITE ...
Cobbett's Political Register

Cobbett's Political Register

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And, therefore, we command you, that at a certain day and place, or at certain days and places, which you, or any two of you (of whom one of you the said Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, Sir William Elias Taunton, ...
The Public Health Journal

The Public Health Journal

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Martin Barrall Sir John Baton, Esq. Hon. W. J. Hanna. Hon. R.G. Brett, M.D. Sir Clifford Sifton. . , Hon. T. C. Norrla. Hon. G. H. Murray. K. R Wood, Kaq. Hon Sir B McBrlde. Hon. H. K. Flftmmiag. Hon. Sir Lomer Goatn Hon, J. D. Hasen. Hon.
The Chinese

The Chinese

sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.)

sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) an experiment." And yet this discovery of the metallic base of potash was one result of the investigations of Sir Humphry Davy, whose practical applications of his scientific discoveries to useful and beneficial ...
Sir John Franklin: The Search for the Northwest Passage

Sir John Franklin: The Search for the Northwest Passage

Anders Knudsen

Examines the life of the man whose attempts to find the Northwest Passage ultimately ended in his disappearance, focusing on life on the expeditions, as well as a looking at the social and political environment at the time.
Reconsidering Biography: Contexts, Controversies, and Sir ...

Reconsidering Biography: Contexts, Controversies, and Sir ...

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Contexts, Controversies, and Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson Martine Watson Brownley. A number of the recurring criticisms of Sir John Hawkins's The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., reflect not only his individual biographical prac- tices, ...
A Benjamin Franklin Reader

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin

A companion volume to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life presents a definitive version of Franklin's Autobiography along with a selection of some of his most important writings, including "The Art of Conversation" and "Rules for Promoting ...

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