Private letterbook, 28 April 1848-24 January 1851

 
Component identifier:
Series 2/4
Content Summary:

Copies of letters from Hornby (Asia, Valparaiso) to various people, including Lord Auckland, Rear Admiral Dundas, Captain Kellett, and William Miller (Honolulu).

(189p., indexed, some faint pages)

Subjects include: complaint against Miller by King of Sandwich Islands; French attitude to Tahiti 'most thoroughly disgusted'; Miller's relations with Hawaiian government; case of Amelia and pirates; movements of ships; Sir John Franklin; situation of Pitcairn Islanders - Queen Victoria's interest on receiving Captain Worth's report; French activities in the Pacific; events in Honolulu in December 1849; opinion of Wyllie and Dillion; his opinion on policy of relieving Pacific station of responsibility for Pacific Islands of far west.

Processing information:
M3068

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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