Correspondence of Martin, Volume CXVIII (491 f.), 1834-1855

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Content Summary:: Folios 168-421 relate to Martin's service in the Pacific as captain of the Grampus in 1846-1847 and includes his correspondence with Admiral Sir George Seymour, A.-J. Bruat, Queen Pomare, Governor Lavaud, R. Thompson, C. Barff, and A. Simpson. The subjects include the claims of Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora to be independent of Tahiti, the destruction of property of British residents at Tahiti, the rights of British subjects at Hawaii (ff. 189-193), land grants made to British residents by Queen Pomare, the proclamation of Tahiti as a French Protectorate in February 1847 (f. 312), the arrest of the boatswain of the Grampus, and proposed flags for the Leeward Islands.
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