Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Haddock, John A.

by Samuel A. King

HADDOCK, John A., aëronaut, b. 17 Oct., 1823. In companionship with John La Mountain he made the second of two memorable balloon journeys, for the purpose of testing the upper currents of the atmosphere as a means of travelling. The two voyagers left Watertown, N. Y., on 22 Sept., 1859, late in the afternoon, and sailed almost due north to a point 150 miles north of Ottawa city, Canada, making the journey of 300 miles, the greater part of it after dark, in about four hours.