Abstract

The collection is limited to an 11 year period, primarily to the years 1860-1871 and the Charles F. Hall polar expedition. Included are letters to Grinnell from C.F. Hall in New London, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., regarding Arctic exploration and Hall's work in obtaining a Congressional appropriation for an expedition. Included also is a list of donations to the Hall Franklin expedition of 1860.

Abstract Collection, 1851-1994, contains research papers for Lucille M. Showalter’s graduate work in American History classes taken at Connecticut College, University of Connecticut, and Mystic Seaport’s Munson Institute. Includes information on Schooner POLARIS (built as AMERICA, 1864) and the Arctic voyage in which Captain Charles F. Hall mysteriously died. Also includes information about the Inuit and members of the POLARIS crew as well as information on other Arctic voyages and whale men....