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Such nil Expedition with proper vessels, with eonipcteiit aixl cxiieri^'iieed 

 Commaiuler, Ol'lieers and Crew, witli a complete outlit and pri»vision for lioin two 

 to three years cruise, to embark from au Eastern port of the United States of 

 America, and proceed via. Davis Straits, Laihu's Bay, Lancaster Sound, und W-.n- 

 rows Strait; thence from the North <-oast of IJoothia to commence the Search, ex- 

 tending it to King- WiUiam's Land, and the adjacent regions, until a thorongli and 

 satisfactory investigation shall have been made of all that portion of the Arctic 

 World ; and the humanitarian object attained of discovering some survivor of the 

 lost companions of Sir John Franklin, or of ascertaining the ultimate fate of the 

 Members of that Expedition, who, up to this day remain unaccounted for; being 

 no less than one hundred and eleven souls, whose history, the loud voice of 

 mankind, from all generous natures, demands shall not remain forever shrouded 

 in oblivion, while energetic intelligence and Ameiican enterprise can ho])e to 

 rescue a single survivor, or furnish the solution of their ultimate history. 



This appeal was indorsed by a number of the public men of Ohio, 

 among whom were Hon. R. B. Haj^es, the present Executive of tlie 

 United States ; the Governor of the State, Hon. AVilliam Dennison ; 

 Hon. S. P. Chase; and the Mayor of Cincinnati, now Gov. R. ]\I. 

 Bishop. At the meeting which it secured, Hall exhibited maps and 

 charts of the Arctic discoveries made by Sir John Franklin, Dr. Kane, 

 De Haven, and McClintock ; with those of Ross, Pany, Back, Dease 

 and Simpson, Richardson, Rae, McClure, Kellet, Collinson, Belcher, 

 and others — names which carry us back to the revival, under Sir John 

 Barrow, of English exploration for the Northwest Passage to Asia. 

 The study of such explorations from even a much earlier date had made 

 Hall intelligent in this field ; it now maintained his enthusiasm. 



As introductory, therefore, to the history of his purposes, and id' 

 his work in this Second Expedition, some Tabular Statements and 

 historical Maps have been prepared, in order to present, in con- 

 nection with the now renewed public interest in Arctic Exploration, 



