Copies of letters from Hope, 15 March 1844-09 December 1844

Component identifier:

Item ff. 67-170

Content Summary:

Copies of letters from Hope (Thalia, Sydney, Tahiti, Honolulu, Valparaiso, San Blas) to Admiralty and others (including M. Bruat) reporting proceedings of the ship.

Subjects include: reports on crew, equipment and provisions; conditions in New Zealand, relations between settlers and natives; reports of French in Tahiti; position of Queen Pomare; raising of French flag by settlers; French attacks on natives; imprisonment of British subjects 'they were fastened to a bar of iron and were only allowed to go out three times a day to perform the functions of nature'; regrets cannot remain to protect Queen Pomare; landing British Consul General Miller; refuses to salute French flag; 'the French are detested by the Tahitians'; missionary activities, success of French Catholic priests; hoisting of French flag on Wallis Island; not able to visit Pitcairn Island due to lack of fuel and adverse winds; situation of Pitcairn Islanders; Commodore Bruat objects to HM Consul raising flag at Tahiti; carrying distressed British subjects from Sandwich and Society Islands; seizure of Hannah of Sydney at Chatham Islands by William Ellis; French Mission to Navigator's Islands.[Formerlly LBK 43]

Includes index at front of volume.

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M3085

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