The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-03
Biography Oa' sir bosass
franklin.

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a to hr public Sir Iutn Frank IT,.
WAS :"',n III 1885. and would accord
n9ls have been ia wears at age bad
!r >n>i>...l ,u lh present, time. Iii.
ave place WAS Sp'I"hy sinai,
,""u in Line shire. in ,ie vicinii, al
II" N"r'h Sea Fr,m Ills earliest
l'a's hr l'rtrayed Il Ger ai. I,nIIn.>~
i di-In,>Iti"li n,i,i !nY.' If adventure.
IL, :a,hcr ei"i,nvnte,t To cure hin.
.; Il >.'"-!aiii'c p "in'ii~it -. h> jn.l
't.nG hi'n t. lr. the experiment 81!
.yag.. |" i.'>i' II III a lrl.i,ng vr<-.
,'h his only 'n,iurL tite r;Ar,. ;,,.
II c' lie "a> confirmed IN his la Il.
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Il n n,irl liz ':a,; ,,,,,.:;rcL he r,lls.n
h< t,thcr % hi, ,n'"tilIr the nuvy
lie obtained al, -htp;,. n war.an,
his i"urice, III y ar. His lir.
Twice WAS III he iiE";c i'u., rhnr.
.irrr hr wa> d,-t.n ,.i>!rd .nr l..
,.'l!iini ecu aG,. anI ..l..Gly lie VA
- ;hr hattie at i"i'cu',rIen IN 1891
''i lw" Yeas alter accom-, ,.an;-, h.
.lalivr, ariain Fml,.rs, .,n vn>
| 80 Ut discovery t" :i.. South Sra
;nrlns which i'c "a> >sii ,,w,erkcl ~,
nc coast Of New il,!:arn,.
NJ ,u'>eYue II rr,Io; H.. was IN
nc Belir'"pl'n, At the ha'lle ni ir:.
a:gar. He WAS cpmccrnr,i IN H.,
tack Oh New O!ira,.. wll..,r H.,
gained great credit hy hi raver, a..
s,.l IL 1918. nr q m:ma,l,ir,i II.
rG Trent IN shr p.inl x,".d., 20
ndtr Captain nchan. Af;ur til,
~ IGie ui The search f,r tn. II. r hw 3.
.,>>ag" 10y Captain Ross, he re-, riv 4,
he c''t,,'nI>si"n IN 1910. 20 m.e.l.k,
III 'XredItrn 10y land trnn lInh,n.
h,,, to- the mouth of The Copper MINI
river, in c"'junr'i"n with Richardson
| and Bach, 10 80 operate With CAPITA ,
Parry. wh" WAS /" visit the region h,
| water.
On this expedition h.. inl!.w,h til,
''"a>, n far a. Cape 'lurna.a'n, ski,
etgat deg ees Hi y minutes no, Il
ill,tnde, and alter incredible hardship
n,ring hcrn once rescued from dra.
y The Indians, he .r,urneL to linIan,
~ 1922. liz WAS proi,nleI to Il.
rank ct post c:i tain, and three YEA.
At,cr nn'l rl""k a sec"n,i expedition l.
lhn Polar sra, visiting the cnas
between Mac X, .zie river nj lll
Copper Mime riveI. BY tie Middle /.
August, 1887. ho ha reached &
vvrnieeI,l degree "i ,.uiIu'lr and Il,
one hundred and nti,e,h deyrse :.
longitude, but WAS compelled /
return by tho early SIT ing IN m E,
treme cold Weather. IN ,rcgni,in
Ect ms merits "u this expedition,
rrcrivel The order "i knighthnol fin,
George the F"urlh.
In 1890 he c,nnt andr,l II shin ,
the IiI.o III the Mediterranean, an
altr'w"ris appointed Gn ernnr .t Va
I Dieina,'s blnl. from which post |,
WAS recalled in March, 1919. Il
turning L" E'g aud in The Spring .
1919, he va, ,utruste / with the COZ,
nand "l the fatal cxr~tlti.,A Il, alr:c
his life has fallen sacrifice. IT
two vessels, Erebns and Terror,
which the younger Es,ss he'd accn,l
pIlshrd his expedition ID thu Sou,
Pole, wer9 seiects,l for tn. voyay
nni lwn distinguished utliceIu, CO
tains Cr"sier snd Fnzjamos. w-
appointed a. his comp ,ninns.
/ eHredilu,w sail. d m, the 70
May. lS45, arrived at In Whale Fl
Islands IN tn Eth If July, and W,
s.-e for the | ,st tins in Melv .lc lsa
OH the Both ui tna, mouth.
1t was not Mi, lnr ~ urn of Ca
tam Ross in 1910. whn raI ne,,, So
IN SO .rch If the mis- ing navigate,
5 that geierai anxle'y Was tel, for tn,
saleiy. In 1850 an expedition W
I n:tcl ont by Lad, Fran,l,n, Al
another by the British Governmer
y t" seek The losl vessels, Abouts d
$ same timo. oar townsman, Mr. Hen
d GriaGeils dispasoaed tsS Sau eas