Report from the US Brig Advance of the U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin (Elisha Kane) in Reports of the Secretary of the Navy

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 550 pp, tables, 22 folding plans (some loose but all complete and intact). original cloth, faded, short tear at spine foot, else a clean very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The reports by De Haven are from pages 23 to 41 and are dispatches from St. Johns, Newfoundland dated June 7, 1850, Whale Fish Islands dated June 29, 1850, off Port Leopold dated August 22, 1850 and from the US Brig Advance, New York October 4, 1851. The latter report was reprinted in Elisha Kane's book, "The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin published New York 1853 (Arctic Bibliography 8381) as Appendix B. De Haven was the captain, Kane the surgeon, on the expedition. The earlier reports were not included in Kane's book. This is the first appearance in print of the 1851 report. This volume also includes about 23 other reports and documents related by the Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham, including a report on trial run of an electromagnetic railroad locomotive on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, reports on the Navy yards & Docks, provisions, supplies, contractors, personnel, pay, lists of vessels in commission, & a report on a solar eclipse and numerous statistical tables related to Navy business. The plans include building, the Memphis Navy Yard, etc.