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During the winter of 1816-17 and at the age of thirteen, John Ericsson received regular instruction from some of his officers in Algebra, Chemistry, Field Drawing, and Geometry, and the English language. Ericsson's education previous to this seems to have consisted chiefly in lessons at home or from tutors, after the manner of the time.
He was Provost of Edinburgh in 1816-17, and again in 1822, and the king gracefully surprised him by proposing his health at the civic banquet in the Parliament House, as "Sir William Arbuthnot, Baronet." John Hope, afterwards Lord Justice-Clerk. Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, 2 vols. 4to, 1828. Dunlop regarding Falconer, author of The Shipwreck.
And now, reader, we have run through all the ten categories of my condition as it stood about 1816-17, up to the middle of which latter year I judge myself to have been a happy man, and the elements of that happiness I have endeavoured to place before you in the above sketch of the interior of a scholar's library, in a cottage among the mountains, on a stormy winter evening.
They finally agreed that I should sign a petition to Congress, praying for my naturalization, and for the confirmation of the title of my land to me, my heirs, &c. Mr. Brooks came with the petition: I signed it, and it was witnessed by Thomas Clute, and two others, and then returned to Mr. Brooks, who presented it to the Legislature of this state at its session in the winter of 1816-17.
A good deal of information on the soil, agriculture, productions, climate, &c.: the zoology imperfect. Hall's Travels in Canada and the United States, 1816-17. 8vo. Howison's Sketches of Upper Canada. 8vo. 1821. Hall's is a pleasant and lively work, unfolding many of the peculiarities of the manners, customs, &c., of Canada and the adjacent parts of the United States.
It is to be regretted that he, as well as most other travellers in America, was not better prepared with a scientific knowledge of natural history. Canada, as well as the United States, is comprized in Mr. Weld's travels. Mellish's Travels through the United States of America, 1816-17. 2 vols. 8vo.
The first is by the naturalist to the Embassy. Abel's Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China. 1816-17. 4to. Ellis's Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China. 4to. Relation du Naufrage sur la Côte de l'Isle de Quælpeart, avec la Description de Coree. Paris, 1670, 12mo.
Crawley was much better acquainted with that tongue, and spoke it with a much better accent than they. Becky had met other Hungarian magnates with the army in France in 1816-17.
Remarks on Antiquities, Arts and Letters, during an excursion in Italy, in 1802-3. By Joseph Forsyth. 1816. 8vo. This is an admirable work, giving in a short compass much information, and indicating strong powers of mind, and a correct taste. Sketches Descriptive of Italy, 1816-17. 4 vols. 12mo. 1820. Letters from the North of Italy. By W.S. Rose, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo.
In the year 1811, he was sent to the Cape of Good Hope, and bore a prominent part in the Caffre war of 1813. When Napoleon was imprisoned at St. Helena, Captain Lahrbush was charged with his personal custody, as commander of the guard, a delicate and responsible duty, which he performed for the greater part of 1816-17.
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