Jones (Curacoa, Morea) to Rear Admiral C. Ross. (16p.)

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Re Pacific voyage; incorrect charts; Pitcairn Island; supplied islanders with arms and ammunition; influenza epidemic; condition of islanders; bartering; Matavai Bay; French; shameful conduct of Mr Cook, introducing small pox from Don Quixote; petition to France to assume protectorate of Tahiti; meeting with Queen Pomare.

Also includes:Jones (Curacoa, Monterrey Bay) to Rear Admiral Ross. Re quarantine laws at Tahiti; volcano on Owhyhee; Honolulu; complaints of British subjects in Honolulu; English trade with Sandwich Islands. (8p)

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