The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . Hayes was disappointedat not receiving the commandof the expedition of 1875, butconsoled himself by cateringinto political life, and for fiveyears represented the seventhasse
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . Hayes was disappointedat not receiving the commandof the expedition of 1875, butconsoled himself by cateringinto political life, and for fiveyears represented the seventhassembly district. His most important services werethose discharged as chairman of the committee oncanals and the committee on cities. Withdrawingfrom active political life. Dr. Hayes delivered lectureson The Watercourses of New York, and on his oldsubject, Arctic Exploration. In his last lecturehe spoke hopefully of the Jeanette and De Longshardy crew, and repeated his arguments to provethat there was an open polar sea as navigable asthe Atlantic ocean. The daring explorations conducted by Dr. Hayes in 1860, when he went northward by way of Smiths Sound, traveling in boatsand dog-sledges, and enduring terrible hardships,were rewarded by the gold medals of the Geograph-ical society of Paris, and the Royal Geographicalsociety of London. Dr. Hayes was a good speakerand writer. He died in New York city Dec. 17,1881. ^c/,^^^f-^^^^^p. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 281
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