Author

John Ross(1777–1856)

John Ross is documented in Fuller’s manuscripts (1819). One work is named, all in Notes on Books, Children, and Faith, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.

Engagement: AnalyzedReadMentioned
Present in: Manuscripts
Documented: 1819

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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“I felt my very heart shrunk and palsied by the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut. No doubt they love and hate, laugh and speak, but where are their thoughts?”

A Voyage of Discovery or Narrative of a Second Voyage · Notes on Books, Children, and Faith · 1819

When Fuller engaged with John Ross

I. Childhood1record

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

1810

1820

1832

1836

1844

1846

1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Ross in Fuller’s reading world

A Voyage of Discovery or Narrative of a Second VoyageInferred1819

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1819—

Notes on Books, Children, and Faith

analyzed · readManuscript page

“I felt my very heart shrunk and palsied by the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut. No doubt they love and hate, laugh and speak, but where are their thoughts?”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Books, Children, and Faith." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller refers to 'the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut,' clearly naming Captain (John) Ross as the author. Captain John Ross (1777–1856) led Arctic expeditions and published vivid accounts of encounters with Inuit ('Esquimaux') people, including descriptions of their dwellings. His A Voyage of Discovery (1819) covers the first expedition; his Narrative of a Second Voyage (1835) covers a later one.