See also:JONATHAN See also:CARVER (c. 1725-1780)
, See also:American traveller, was See also:born probably in See also:Canterbury, See also:Connecticut
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The date usually given for his See also:birth, 1932, is now considered too See also:late, since he was apparently married in 1746
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In See also:early See also:life he followed the See also:trade of a shoemaker and subsequently served with the provincial forces in the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:wars
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According to his " See also:Journal " he conceived the See also:idea, after the See also:peace of 1763, of exploring See also:Great See also:Britain's newly acquired territory in the See also:north-See also:west
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He is said to have set out in 1766, journeyed west-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward by way of the Straits of Mackinac and the See also:Fox and See also:Wisconsin See also:rivers to the See also:Mississippi, viewed the Falls of St See also:Anthony, lived for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time among the See also:Indians, and received from them a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of Roo sq. m. of territory between the Mississippi and St Croix rivers
.
Returning See also:east in 1768 by way of the north See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Superior he proceeded in 1769 to See also:England, where he presented a See also:letter of introduction to See also:Benjamin See also:Franklin, and made vain efforts to See also:interest the See also:board of trade in his investigations
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In 1778 there was published in See also:London what purported to be his own narrative of his explorations under the See also:title of Travels through the Interior Parts of North See also:America in the Years 1766, 1767 and 2768
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It had an immediate success, was translated into French, See also:German and Dutch, and was See also:long generally accepted as a truthful narrative of his travels and observations, and as one of the highest authorities on the See also:manners, customs and See also:language of the Indians of the See also:northern Mississippi valley
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See also:Carver died in London on the 31st of See also:January 1780, having married a second time in England although his first wife was still living in America
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Soon after his See also:death a new edition of the Travels was brought out by the well-known Quaker physician and author, Dr See also:John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815), who " edited " the See also:work and furnished a See also:biographical introduction
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