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THE

EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE

AND

MISSIONARY CHRONICLE

MARCH 1823.

160 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

. . . .

PITCAIRN'S ISLAND.

Extract from the Report of the Ship Hercules, of Calcutta, Capt. John Henderson, from the coast of Chili, March 26, 1822.

      The Hercules arrived at Pitcairn's Island on the 5th of May, and landed the presents which were sent to the inhabitants from the gentlemen of Calcutta. John Adams was still alive, and the rest of the inhabitants, fifty-three in number.

NOTES:

Also published in:

  • "Pitcairn's Island", The Asiatic Journal, Vol. 15, No. 87 (March 1823) p.307.
  • The Morning Post (London, England), April 5, 1823.
  • "Friday's and Saturday's Posts", The Hampshire Chronicle, (Hampshire, England), April 7, 1823, Page 3
  • "Friday's Post", Hereford Journal (Hereford, England), April 9, 1823, Page 1.
  • "Miscellaneous Articles", The Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), April 30, 1823
  • "Pitcairn's Island" National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), May 20, 1823, Page 3.
  • "Pitcairn's Island" Salem Gazette (Salem, Massachusetts), June 13, 1823, Page [1].
  • "Pitcairn's Island" Newburyport Herald, (Newburyport, Massachusetts), June 17, 1823, Page [1].
  • Christian Register, (Boston, Massachusetts), June 20, 1823, Page 2. -- [n.b. Has additional text relating to the London Missionary Society
  • "Pitcairn's Island" The Nantucket Inquirer (Nantucket, Massachusetts), June 24, 1823, Page [3].
  • Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Friday, June 27, 1823 [n.b. from the New-York National Advocate.]

SOURCE:

This transcription has been made from the following article:

"Pitcairn's Island", The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Vol. 1 (March 1823), p.160.