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 . and with herreturned to New York. From 1873-78 De Longserved as executive officer on the school-ship , during which time he sought an opportunitylor further explorations in
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 . and with herreturned to New York. From 1873-78 De Longserved as executive officer on the school-ship , during which time he sought an opportunitylor further explorations in the arctic others to whom he broached the matter wasJames Gordon Bennett, Jr., of the New York Herald, who entered enthusiastically into his special act of congress, the government assumedauthority, while Mr. Bennett met the expense. Thechief things demanded by De Long in the selectionof a crew were that they should be single men ; haveperfect health and considerable strength; be temper-ate and cheerful; be able to read and write English,and be prime seamen. Men who were musicians ofany sort were preferable—Norwegians, Swedes, andDanes, if possible. English, Scotch, and Irish wereto be avoided. French, Italians, and Spaniards wereto be refused. On July 8, 1879, the Jeannette leftSan Francisco with thirty-three souls, five of the nuin-lier being officers of the navy. The wharves were. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 283 crowded ; the hills were black with people ; everyship in the harbor dipped her colors as the brave shippassed, and shouts, steam-whistles, and cannon filledthe air with noise. Lieut. De Long touched at Oonalaska, in the Aleutian islands; thence sailed directly-north to St. Michaels; and northeasterly, acrossthe waters dividing the Eastern from the Western con-tinent, to St. Lawrence bay, Siberia. A short stay,and the Jeannette steamed steadily on toward thenorth until Sept. 6,1879, when, in latitude 71° 35 N.,and 75° W., she became lodged in
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