Papers of Edwin Jesse De Haven, 1843-1854.

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Papers of Edwin Jesse De Haven, 1843-1854.

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Correspondence; diaries, including one kept on board the U.S.S. Truxton during an 1843 Mediterranean cruise and two for the period 1850-1851 which present a detailed account of being caught and trapped in the ice of the Arctic seas; excerpts from William Parker Snow's "Journal in the Arctic Seas"; photo of De Haven; and scrapbook and newspaper clippings concerning De Haven's command of an expedition to search the Arctic regions for Sir John Franklin, an explorer who disappeared in 1845, during which De Haven discovered Grinnell Land. Correspondents include Robert R. Carter, William A. Graham, and John P. Kennedy.

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Truxton (Ship)

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Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875

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Carter, Robert R.

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De Haven, Edwin Jesse, 1816-1865

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Edwin Jesse De Haven, 1843-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78240385 Edwin Jesse De Haven was born in 7 May 1816 in Philadelphia. He joined the United States Navy as a midshipman at the age of thirteen. After serving in various vessels in the West Indies and Brazil, he was posted to the Pacific in the sloop Falmouth in June 1837. Falmouth was in Callao at the same time that Charles Wilkes, Senior commander of ...