Jeannette Inquiry : hearings before the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Forty-Eighth Congress, first session, on Apr. 5, 7-9, 14-18, 28-30, May, 1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 1884.
Investigates questions of possible Navy officer misconduct during the 1879-1881 Arctic Expedition of the steamer Jeannette, which became icebound and sank, leaving most of its survivors to die while searching for help in Siberia. Testimony largely centers on the alleged mistreatment and death of Jer...
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