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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/G/AC 15/75
TitleLetter from Joshua Hill, Pitcairns Island
Extent1 item
Date1833
DescriptionDated 25 March. Left Liverpool June 1830 and sailed to Chile and Peru, then to Sandwich Islands for four months and to Tahiti for a year; arrived at Pitcairn October 1832; Tahiti lacks vital religion; has established a Temperance Society and other church-connected societies; Captain Fremantle of HMS 'Challenger' touched island on way home and sentenced three 'foreigners' (runaway English sailors) to leave the island; has asked Lord Gambier for Bibles and hymn books.
Access StatusOpen

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