Trivia 11-15-19 & Bonus

[roberts]

1. William Parker Snow
2. Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition.

Bonus.
1. Pennsylvania Abolition Society
2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

[WJC]

I was a minor player in what was probably the greatest manhunt of the mid-19th century. Although the I and my fellow searchers were not successful, we did recover a number of artifacts related to our quest. I was present in the United States in April 1865 at the time of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. I approached General John Dix and presented him with a number of those artifacts and requested they be buried with the president. Dix accepted, the artifacts were entombed with President Lincoln where they may yet remain.

1. Who was I?
2. For whom was our manhunt searching?

credit: @ErnieMac

1. William Parker Snow (1817-1895).
2. Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) and the men of his ill-fated Arctic expedition in search of a Northwest Passage.
The artifacts, "found in a boat lying under the head of a human skeleton", "consisted of a tattered leaf of a Prayer Book, on which the first word that was legible was the word "Martyr", and a piece of fringe and some portions of uniform."
<Garth Walpole, Relics of the Franklin Expedition: Discovering Artifacts From the Doomed Arctic Voyage of 1845. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2017), pp. 179-180.>

Bonus:
The oldest abolition organization in the United States traces its roots to 1775 and still exists today, with a modern mission of combating racism. What is the current name of the organization and in what city was it founded?

credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775, currently known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.
< The Pennsylvania Abolition Society. http://www.paabolition.org/>

 

[JOHN42768]

Bonus: Pennsylvania Abolition Society founded in Philadelphia, Pa. the Society has now taken upon itself an even more staggering task: education a whole society about the black experience in America.
source: http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/p/PAS0490.html

 

[kholland]

William Parker Snow gave artifacts related to the search for the lost Franklin Expedition

Bonus: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society was founded in Philadelphia.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Bonus: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society was founded in Philadelphia.
Source

 

[hughes]

CORRECTIONI:
1. William Parker Snow and that is an ironic name

 

[sarladaise]

1. Captain Parker Snow
2. Captain Sir John Franklin and his expedition to find the North-West Passage

Bonus:
Current name: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Founded in Philadelphia, PA

 

[warbird43]

As my research efforts on the main question have come up dry, I'll move on to the Bonus question. The answer to that question is the the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, founded April 14, 1775. The Society was reorganized in 1784 and changed its name to the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, better known by it's shorter (thank goodness !) name, The Pennsylvania Abolition Society. It still exists to this day.

Edit - Answer to second part of bonus question entered in subsequent post.

hoosier

 

[Soldier Boy]

1) William Parker Snow
2) Captain Sir John Franklin

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Parker_Snow&oldid=919724273
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin's_lost_expedition&oldid=926355310

Bonus: Pennsylvania Abolition Society founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Abolition_Society&oldid=917586209

 

[warbird43]

Addendum to my last post regarding the oldest abolition organization; the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was formed in Philadelphia. Sometimes my fingers type faster than my mind works ................

 

[hoosier]

Main question - I would have thought the hunt for John Wilkes Booth would have qualified as the greatest manhunt of the mid-19th century. But that manhunt was ultimately successful, so evidently the questioner has some other manhunt in mind.

Right now, I have no ideas as to what it might have been.

Bonus - Pennsylvania Abolition Society, founded in Philadelphia

 

[Eleanor Rose]

1. Who was I? William Parker Snow
2. For whom was our manhunt searching? Sir John Franklin

This was a challenging question for me and I would have given up if a friend had not pointed me in the right direction. What an interesting story @ErnieMac ! Great question!

 

[Big Sarge]

Captain William Parker Snow
search for Sir John Franklins Expedition members (HMS Erebus & HMS Terror)

Bonus:
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Philadelphia, PA

 

[SWMODave]

#1 William Parker Snow and Sir John Franklin
Source

Bonus - Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Philadelphia
Source

 

[Michigander]

1. William Parker Snow
2. Sir John Franklin
Source

Bonus: The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race was established in 1775. Currently it is known as The Pennsylvania Abolition Society.
2. Founded at Rising Sun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source

 

[ami]

1. William Parker Snow.
2. Sir John Franklin or members of his expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.

Source:
https://visionsnorth.blogspot.com/2016/03/true-story-of-month-w-parker-snow-and.html

bonus Answer: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society was founded in Philadelphia.

Source: paabolition.org