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PITCAIRN ISLAND
The Barque AMERICA was a whaler out of Bristol,R.I.and first appeared
off Pitcairn Island in 1841. One can only guess as to who Thusting and
Parker were and why the former was not wanted on shore.He might have
been a member of the AMERICA' 5 crew who displeased the Islanders on
the voyage to Elizabeth Island.
Elizabeth Island was named for the ship ELIZABETH which had visited the
Island.Later the name was changed to Henderson Island after the captain of
the ship HERCULES which had made the discovery in 1819.
Previous to 1920,an Austrian wood-carve4 by the name of Laeffler,carne
to Pitcairn and taught the art of carving flying fish,turtles,birds&c
to be sold to passing ships.The sale from the carvings and woven baskets,along with postage stamps, accounts for most of the public revenue
generated on the Island.The carved objects are made from Mira wood, which
1S found on Henderson Island,adurable red wood similar to cedar.
In 1820 the whaler ESSEX was was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in the
mid-Pacific.Two life-boats landed briefly on Henderson and were later
piCked up off the coast of South America. One of the epics of the sea that
resulted in cannibalism and was the inspiration for Melville's MOBY DICK.
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PITCAIRN ISLAND 1843
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Captain Gilbert Richmond,Barque AMERICA, orders the first mate to
take an explor1ng party of eleven Pitcairn Islanders to Elizabeth
Island and back: "Mister Macomber I want you to cake the Ship over
to Lizabeth Island and Let them see the Island and then come back
to this Island,as soon as you think they have Examined it sUfficient .•. " They are to provide their provisions over and back and
take t..heir own boat "as we must leave one of ours here/Yours Gilbert
Richmond .. P.S. Send my Trunk on Shore." The date "Friday 2 1843" is
transparently wrong as Friday was on the 3ed making Thursday the 2nd.
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The AMERICA sailed for Elizabeth Island on Saturda~March 4th and
returned the following Saturday March 11th. The exploring party did
not give a favourable report on the Island,which is located about
105 miles N.E.
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"Mister Macomber
You will oblige me to keep Mister Thusting on board,
as the people doe not want him on shore. Last Sunday there was a manowar
here [H.M.S. TALBOT,Capt.Sir T.Thompson,Bart,Mar.5th.] for bidding
that People should Land upon this Island excepting upon the account of
sickness.
Send Mister Parker and any of the Men that you think Proper
Yours G Richmond/ Do not let Me see him on shore. / G P "
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PITCAIRN ISLAND
Captain Richard Lucerof the whale ship Margaret Scott of New Bedford,
writes a letter i"n three stages off the coast of Chile and Peru: "
I am now off the Island of Chiloe* after a long and tedious passage
of 128 days - I never had so boisterous a passage in my life - I shall
not get to the N.W. coast this season - I hope it will be for the best.
I shall cruise for Sperme Oil until the Chili season,which I shall
take for Sperm & whale, from thence to the N.W. coast - lam in hopes to
get 500 Ibs of Sperme .... I have a good ship as their is in this ocean
and first rate officers - All we want is the Fish - I wrote by the ship
Elizabeth - sent them by her first officer Mr Avery of Edgartown
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The day after I spoke Capt Marchant in the Barque Cavalier I took a
fair wino that carried me around Cape Horn with a gale of wind to my
stern with Hail,snow & wind - I was 15 days between Falkland Islands &
..... (SEE below for Latitude & Longitude position which ~ould place the
ship about 400 niles vest of Chiloe.
.This was good time for going
around the Horn.Captain Bligh,in H.M.S.Bounty,stood off Cape Horn for
two ~eeks,fightin9 the wind and the sea.He finally gave up and turned
eastward around the Cape of Good Hope] ..... I spoke a French ship - he
told me the Valpariso had gone home full - Some of the N.W.fleet have
done well .... Ship Margaret Scott Lat 43.00 Long 61.00.
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Skin (Black fish - Small,black,toothed ",hales] A whalemans ?hrase - I
have got one 70 lbs S whale - I saved about 50 bls it blowing a gale
off the Island of Chiloe - I touched at the Island of Juan Fernandez~
- Went on shore found a man very sick with constipation of the bowels
- the way I shoved Castor Oil in to him \las a caution to old folks - I
touched at the Island of St Felix - from there to the coast of Peru.I
did not get around in time for the N.W.Coast - I shall touch at Callao
soon - I saw Capt Osborn ship ~Sarcas out of Telecahanne - his crev
gave hiD the rneasels ... ,.I shall be quite a Dr. yet ... Ca!lao May 11th
1646 - I am nOll in Callao(Peru] all well - I send this by Ship
Taralinta of Ne\;' York .... Richard Luce."
Letter arrive at New York as per postmark NEW YORK SHIP/OCT 11 (1848)
7 cts in red. Four months later Luce vas still in the South Pacific
off Pitcairns Island. See letter of September 7,1848 . •SEE MAP.
PITCAIRN ISLAND
OFF PITCAIRNS ISLAND SEPT.7,1848
Letter written by Capt. Richard Luce Jr. from the "Ship Margaret Scott
At Sea/June 5th A.D.,1848/0n the Equator Long 104.00 De."The fo110ving
extracts are from the letter: "I have not been very fortunate in getting oil - have not seen any whales - in hopes to soon - I am in hopes
I shall do better on Chili [coast of] so as to make up a good amount of
oil - A few days ago I fell from aloft accidentely injured me some. I
think inwardly,say nothing .... ! feel ... better - the first time that I
lost my hold aloft My boats were down - I was in the act of leaving
the Mast head to lower my boat - how I lost my hold I cannot tell - I
am in hopes to make up 300 of S [Sperm] oil this cruise - I have good
officers - all we want is to see the Fish - ..... June 25th 1848."
"Off Pitcerns Island Sept 7 1848 This is the residence of the Mutineers
of the Ship Bounty,or their childxen and grand children - a community
of 140 souls, as good and fine a peo~le as ever existed in our age thanks that their is one community that exists free from Slander - They
are a fine people virtious to a word - Profanity & VUlgarity is a
stranger to them and all kinds of vice.
Their Chif Magistrate is
chosn yearly by vote - I had the honor of Dining with him.The fair sex
are allowed to vote - they talk god English and dress in that style The Ladies have fine looking features - by the by - cannot compare
with the Yankee lasses or at least some of them. I should think from
appearances th~y populate faster than they depopUlate. I am now bound
to the coast.of Chili I hope {for] 1000 hIs. - R L in haste"
Captain Luce doesnot indicate what ship he handed the letter to. It
was four months/from the date "off Pitcerns Is1and"/that the letter
arrived at HOLMES HOLE,Ms,on JAN 6 and was rated "Ship 6" in red.
The Margaret Scott was one of nine ships listed which touched at
Pitcairns Island in 1848.ln the log list Lucas is named Captain in
error for Luce.
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IIARBOR SIGNAL BOOK.
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SHIP MARGARET SCOTT
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with designation
number 2645 in this
HARBOR SIGNAL BOOK.
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log,kept by the
Islanders,Margaret
Scott was one of
nine ships to call
in 1848.
See Captain Richard
Luce Jr, letter of
September 7,1848
from Pi tcairn Island.
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Numben to Mmhanlll 'Printe Si«Dllh,
NEW BEDFORD
1212 Gideon Allen Ii: SOil.
121:1 Charlet Al1ll1.
l~l. Philip AlIIbonr.-
121~ Abl'1lham JU~ CY. 201.
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(;w~1'. narker.
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1iY6< William O. Brotmell.
lial "Chapman I. DoDDC,_
12." Cook I. Sno'lO'.
12M O. • G. O. Clocker.
1;l.'U "'illiam F. Dow
123S RodM' Freoch.
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12~1 Ho~t Gibho.
1212 Will~m Gilford.
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12U J Jlowland. Jr". Co.
12~' WiUiam I'enn Uowland.
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Pitcairn Island Letter of
1849 Discovered
A four page letter, complete with envelope, written from Pitcairn Island in 1849 by the
granddaughter of one of the "Bounty" mutineers has come to light in America. This predates by 24 years the previous earliest known surviving letter from Pitcairn Island.
The leiter was wrillen on August 6th, 1949 by Jemima Young
and
addressed to The Honorable Arthur A. Cochrane, care of
the manager of COUll! (an English Bank) of S9 Strand London.
WlIS
The envelope carries the manuscript notation "From Pitcairn's
hland", The address Ind this inscription arc all in Miss Young's
handwritin".
In a dlrrcrcnl :lind bolder handwTl'lng between the address
lines, which have been crossed out, arc the words, C/- H.M.S.
Wellesley. indicating that the II{)norJ.hl~· Arthur Cochrane served
in the Royal Navy. The letter was probably re-addressed when it
arrived at CouUs Bank in london.
The lettcr almost certainly left Pitcairn on the H.M.S.
Daphne whIch departed the island on August 12. IS49 as this was
the only ship whIch called at Pitcairn in the latter Dart of 1849.
II.M.S. Oaphne. commanded by Captain Fansha....e. arri\'ed at
Pilcalrn from Valparaiso on Augusl II. 1849. bringing to the
hl,lnd the first cow and bull and some rabbit~. The ship departed
lhe fllllul'oin.c 11.1)'.
"Stamp News" has not been able to trace the addressee of the
leltCf. the Honorable Arthur A. Co<:hrane as his name is not
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Jtmiml YOUOI. This tn~raving was bax.d on ~ sbtch by
L1nltmlot Smith who f1siltd tIM: Isflndln 1815 on board
H.M.S. BJouom (comm'ndtd hy Admlr.1 BH'Chty)' The
child In tllt.nns of Mrs Younll, rrob.hl y Polly YOU'll'
Jtmlm. YOVOI "as not bam un'i 1818 - Ihr« ytars
Inu thi, .ketch "as m.de.
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recorded in the Pitcairn log kept by the islanders. nor is he mentIOned in Iny of the early books on Pitcairn. Since: III visitors who
stayed on the island for any period at that time were recorded it is
likely thlt Cochrane was • crew member of a ship which brieny
visited Pitclirn. Miss Young in her ktler refers to his hlvinsleft
"two years ago". Although 16 ships of various sizes visited Pitcairn In 18·" onl)' one was. British Navy vessel, the H.M.S. Spy
under the command of C.ptaln Woodbridge who is mentIoned In
the letler. The Pitcairn Log states thai the H.M.S. Spy remained
only the on~ day al Pitcairn (February 26th) arriving In the morning and ulling .1 sunset. The ship's doctor (Dr Bowdcn) renderro
aid to Reuben Nobbs who had been seriously injurro in a fall the
previous week.
If Anhur A. Cochrane was on board the H.M.S. Spy he certainty appears to have made a strong impression on MISS Young
who was then 19. in a shon space of lime.
In all the reference books on Pitcairn in lhe "Stamp News"
library we noted only one reference 10 the name ofCochranc. That
~as in the list of subscribers to "Pitcairn's Island and the Islanders
In 1850" by Walter Uredie. published by Whittaker Ind Co of
london in 1851, whcre Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane of JJ
Belgrave Strcet, London is listed Il~ a subscriber for one copy.
I)erhaps the Admiral was a relativc (Father? Uncle?) of the
Honorahle Arthur A. Cochrane 10 whom Miu Young's leiter WIS
addressed. This would be an interesting line of research for some
Pitcairn enlhuSID.st based in london.
Very lillie is recorded :lhoUI JCnlllll:l Young, othcr than she
was bornon October ht, 1828. the daughtcr of George Young and
his wife Hannah (nee IIannah Adams). Gcorge YounS, who wu
horn in the period 1794/5. was the son of one of the orisinlll
"Uounty" mutineers, John Young. He died in 18JI. Hannah
Young (nee Adams) was born in 1800.
George and Hannah Young had a large family (as was the
custom on Pitcairn in those days) and their pr08eny included
Simon Young (born 182J) who laler bccame the spiritulilleader
lind leacher oflhe community after the return of several families 10
Pitcairn from Norfolk Island in 1859. Simon Youns (Jemima
Yo:ung's older brother) is depicted on the Jd valuc of the 1961 Pil.
Cairn Island Return to Pitcairn scries.
Jemima Young's letter (which is reproduced elsewhcre) is an
extraordinary document giving a vivid picture of life on Pilcairn
ana the thinking of the islanders in thc period.
The letter comprises three pages of news and greetings and a
fourth page selting out a three verse: Poem composed br MilS
Young with the first Ictters forming an acrostic or the recIpient's
name - ARTHUR COCHRANE.
One interesting point about the Ictter is that it was written on
English engraved stationery from Bath. evidently. gift at some
tIme to the islandcrs from someone in Bath.
The letter rore.dales by 24 years the previous known earliest
surviving leller rom Pitcairn. This too was written by. member of
the Young family. Benjamin Stanley Young. (hough whether he
wu. brother of JemIma Young is not dar from the sketchy Pit.
cairn Log records since thcre were several Young families on the
island. Benj.min Stanley Young wrote his letter from Pitcairn
Island on October 6, 187J to. former shipmatc, frederick Vincent. This letter is reproduL"ed in full in "The Pite.irn Islands
Stamp Catalogue" (pages 11/12).
Jemima Young's historic leiter is now housed in the Risvold
Coltcdion of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. to whom we arc in.
debted (or photos on ... hich Ihis story has been based. The
photogrllphy of lhe cover and Ieller was carried out to"
Professional Colour Service: Inc of Minneapolis.
PITCAIRN ISLAND
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bore Jemlmlna \'ounlt'S 1849
It-Iter (rom Pitcairn to London,
The Idter WI! addrnsf'd to the
Hononblt Arthur A. Cochnnc
cIs of C(Jol,ills (I London Oank).
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II.M..s. Wellnley.
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RtprodoeH here I, the leuer .rlUrn by Mis, Jemima
YoulIl (rom Pllcalrn on
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6, 1149, complflt ,,"lIh
an-osCle: poem. The Idltr conl.lnH I numbu or ,pelll",
Ind Ir....m.CIc.1 errors bUI we hl'e rrproducf'd Ih\"H "IS
Is", It I, rrproducH in itJII rnlirely neepl for ont or two
word, which could not M dKlphtrf'd.
Pitcairns 1,lud
"lIgusl 61h 1849
I>.:., "rod 11"l\m.,~hlc SIr
A.\ )'011 have rClluutcd Inc 10 IIYe )'011 In .ceo""t of my
...dfarc and, of ..·h31 "'3' f:<l,ng nn on Ihe hland, so in comflhanc( "'11'1 your ..."hu, I h~v( lahn Ihis OpporlUn,ly 10 s(1
do.. n and pcn Ihese lines, Ihlnklng il Ih( grealest plusure if I
can do .n)lhin~ In my PO"'U 10 plea~( you, it was no'" 1"'0 yurl
.go sill« you Idt us, ;>nd allhou!h far .....y from m(, Ilil1 your
.re IS fr(sh 10 m( in memory ala I <IS the day when you WIS wilh
us. how happy would I be to se( you OnC( more treadinalh( loil
of our dur IIUle Isle. I can aflure dcar Sir, Ihallhe kindndl
..·hieh you ha.·c sho.. n me dunna your shari slly amonl UI,
alves m( the arulal IIIIsf.ction. and it had b«n our conver·
U1liotls for many I dl)'S, I have 1110 IltCCivc the IWO books.nd
II\.c; pall of ,10.-" whIch )-OU had 10 k,ndly scnl on shor(. C.p'l
Worth (HI boud of HMS Calypso had brot/ghl UI ll\.c; joyful
ne..., of yOllr IIfc amval al ValparaISO. and Ih( '(It(1 thai Mr
Wooklridae had 10 kindly scnl by Clp'l Worth was hurtily
rltCCived by UI, Ind publicllly reid In Ih( school house in ttl(
hUli". of Ih( pitcairn hl.llnders. we h.lld b«n inviled on bo.rd
of IWO H M~. 1M Calyfl50 .lind the p.llndorJ, .nd the Irulm(nl
which we IltCCived from Ih(m ...hllst sl.ying on boud is mOle
lhan 1 on uptcfs. their kindnds il 100 much for Ulleranee. I
h.v( .1~OKnl you two l(lIelShy Mr Mc.lcfKl, hopinllh'l il will
find you In good hulth .nd happlnefs. is ...hal 1 sIncerely desire.
since )'ou Idl UI we have had Iwelve birlhs Ihree marriages .nd
on( dUlh .. hich had happened on( yur .go. we have been
.micted wilh lhe lnnuenza from which W( .re nOI quite
rtto.·u~ )el. "e have had. very foul ...e.lliher.
in the firll of "1I,Ull, "'hieh had proved very dillgruble to
us. lhe hea.ens"·ert hlld .. ilh doutls and ra,n, and for the firll
lime "e ha"e had halt ror Ihe Iasl Kvenl(en yUII. th( wind WIS
In lIS h'lh(~t deglee .. hen a Imk schooner was seen lion, wlY
orr, po,nlln, lo"ards Ihe shor(. Ihe lemj'l(.S1 wlS be.lltinl mOSI
pll(0II11y IlPO" il .•nd It 'USIO luned Ihal il ..u impofsibl( (or
• bo.IIO no.t; bUI .. "en" wa~ lowud even,n, lhe ",".d bet.",a
qUII( moderale.nd our men "ent .nd look ...hak boallnd ,0
on board, Ihty .nd .I hoIat from Ii'll' I Khoontr returned on
.lhort~ Ihey had hardl/.' bc(n on shore (or .boullO hOUlS, ...htn
Ihe .. ,lid UOM: and b 0'" Ihe Khooner oul of si,hl the Cap't II
now ..ilh us "'ailing mOSI pah(nlly for her r(IUrn.•nd now I
Ihink il IS almost time for m( to e:onclude:.. and .!thoulh "'e: .re
Kpcuted from ach olher by ktle:r, and IS it was not pofsibk
Ih3t "e Ihould sce ach other a«3tn In Ih,s .. ork!, 11111 I ho~ Ihat
"e ~hould mc:ct all.ill In lh" bnlh! world above ...here .11 ...1'10
helle.e: In Jesus ..-III mcel to parI no more. I,ve ml best respects
10 )OUr famIly and fnends and 10 all your rel.lIons: .nd m.y
God Alm'lhly blc:fs. uve and protect you all. My dur mOlher,
brulhers. anti sisle:u sc:nds you Ihe,r of best res~cls, pra"nl
Ih:o' Ciod ... ho sceth ,he he:Oll~ of :011 .. ill lead )ou IhrnUllh all
y,,"r lllal, .. ,'ill you arflve on Ihe hler-ful shore of elernlly
- and may lhe same Lord ...hich rutelh over all pre:Jerve us
thruugh Ihe se~s anti SIOlms of life, till we ;rre brollllhl 10 lhe
ha'~n or safely....here all our sorro...s shall be bur,ed in the
praises or him who surfered that we migi'll live unlO him. wilh
many ...ish(1 for ),our presenl .nd (ulure h.ppin(fs, humbly
pU),lng Ihlll "'e may mee:1 .gl,n ,n he;r"en where ..( shall sec,
admir(, and e:c1ebrale the: loodne:fs of God and Sinl h,s praiscs
for eve:r, F.re:wel1, and be ,eve: me: to be
Your ever 5ince:re
Joy pea~ and ,Iadne:rs he:re below
Friend
Allendl your 51(PS wh(r('er you ,0
and well-wisher
M.y God hil e:hoicesl blcfllnp Knd
Jemima Youn.
Ere )'011 depart Ihis ...ork! o( sin
Such IS m, pra),er for you my friend
the: nllmber of Ihe inhabllants .Il: one
hundr((j and fiflyone seventysi1 males and
plcaK 10 uc:use. all imperfee:\lons
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fem.les
An Acrostlc on your nam(
"bove in he;rven whcre Jesul re'gns
Regener.le souls alone c;rn go
Th( blood or gO.IS _ and bullock Slain
1I0w fee:bly lhe)' Ihe way did s"ow
Unhorn from s,n we lie ,n wo
Redeern'd by Christ 10 heavtll .. e go
Christ and his love sh.lI be our song
On Cnn.n'l shore .. hen "·e atri"e:
Chllsl and his Irace. employ our toneue
Ihs pardnin. 10v( Ind "Ihleousnds
Redccm'd by him ..~·II blcfs his name:
And lin. his plc:adinJ love
Nor cease 10 praise for from the: name
Ltelnall) he 5U-d our loul
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The Pitcairn Visitor Who
Be~~ame An Admiral
By The Editor
As a direct result of an article which appeared in UStamp Ncw~" earlier this year. it has been es.
tsblished that the recipient of,the earliest known suniving Pitcairn Island letter (written in 1849) was an
English sailor who later became an Admiral and Commander·in·Chief of the British Pacific Fl('ct.
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".s Admlul the Hoaour.ble Sir Arthur CochrlM KeD
who "IS 1M third
or ,4.dminl Thomu CochrlM who pll}'ed I
ludlnl rolt In hdplnl the Chilun5, the Pttullln! Ind the
Bruililn, oblain thtlr Independenct'.
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Arthur Cochrane was only 23 (and probably a lieutenant)
his ship HMS Spy visited Pitcairn Island brieny in 1847. He
there mel Miss Jemima Young. who was then aged 19.
On August 6. 1&49 Miss Young wrote a lonf four.page feuer
to Arthur Cochrane and this leiter almost certain y len Pitcairn on
the HMS Daphne which departed from the island on August 12.
1849. The envelope containing the letter was addres~ed to "The
Hon-ble Arthur A Cochrane, to the care ofmgr Coutts, 59 Slrand,
London". On arrival in london Coulls Bank re·addrc.ssed it c/HMS Wellesley_
Both the envelope and the letter have su.....ived and are now In
the Risvold Collection in Minneapolis. USA. The founder of the
colleclion, Mr Floyd Risvold purcha.sed Ihe unique leiter ut • london auclion sever.. 1 years ago and contlcted me earlier Ihis year
afler he hll.d pur.:hased a cory of "The Pih;airn Isl:,nl,h Starnr
Cat310gue" in which I had recorded the then earliest known ~ur·
vivin. Pitcairn cover as being dated 187).
As. rnull of my correspondence Wllh Mr Kisvold. I W:lS ahk
to publish an exclUSive story in Ihe March 1978 issue of "SiamI'
News" .ivin, details of the leller and publishing a full transcript of
ItS contenls. This Slory naturally aroused an enormous .. nlOunl o(
inlerest amongst Pitcairn specialists.
Ancr fluhlicalion o( Ihc "Sl;-lmp News" storJ' the Eni!lish
n13gallne "Stamp Colle.:tinl;" loought and ohlainc IlCrll1i'loinll III
reprint the article. When this article appearcd il r.::.uhcd 10 M r
Aleunder Cochrane, of Grange.Over-Sands, Cumbria, EnRland,
writing direct to Mr Risvold. giving full biographical details of
Arthur A. Cochrane. In his letler Mr Cochrane explained that he
was carrying out research into the Earls of Dundonald. a very an·
cient and distinguished Scottish (amily whose name is abo
Cochrane. Mr Cochrane said the existence of the IeUer camc 10 his
nolice in a very odd way as follows:
.... In lis lnu~ o( March. 1'I71j, the Auslroliutr monthly
philat~lic journal, "Stamp News", conllinf'd I rrproduction of t~
~hcn
1~f1er Ind
th~ 'f-Ion.
In Irticle lboul it. in "hich Ih~ qunlion of t~ identify of
Arthur A. Cochrln~' IUS rliscod.
"b. In IllI issu~ of Jun~ I. IlJ7K. the BritiJh phil.telit
puiodinl, "Slimp Collecling", '1ilh Ih~ pumlssion of the
Auslralian ~dllor, reproduced Iht' .rlide 3nd Ihe lell~r.
"t. Th~ British paper "as rtad hy • philal~lisl "ho was .lso a
frlf'fld of th~ I-Jon. Ver~ ("ochnnr. btother of Lord ("O('hran~ o(
Cults, and a K'tOnd eou~In of \Iajor lain CO('hr.n~. th~ prewnl/lnd
14th) Earl of Dundon.ld.
"d. The phil.t~IIsllii('nt • pho'o-s'.1 COP) of Ihe lellu and 'h~
arllde to his frl~nd, Ih~ Hon. "er~ ("oehrln('. al CUllS. in "if~,
Scntland.
.. ~. Only a m.tter of d.~~ hdorf this happened 1 had bl'C'n up
In Scotland Ind had b~l'n discussing m)' r6rlrehn "ith 'h~ lion.
Ver~. who wl.!Ilhndor('.u r.i, .. ilh .. h., J 1m doinr. \\ ilh my .i,il
doubtlns sfill (rnh in his mind. h~. in IUrn, wnt on I~ photo-slat
<OfY of Ih~ article and leller 10 me her~ in (;rIOR~. Cumbri•.• ~"inll:
If could Identify Ih~ ('lK'hrane ,,1'10 Ihil('d "iluirn hland in IK47,
and Ihis I hl'~ b~en .b1e 10 do:'
Lord Cochrane
Mr Co.:hr;lne !ii;\id in hilii kller '" Mr Ef. . ""lrl. th;ll MI:'~
Young's leller was nalurilll) of great intere:.t 10 1'1101. e'~cial~ ",
Acrosti<: with which she l:'Onduded It M r Co,,:hrane then adde Ihl'
commtnl: "From my rc,carche, min th.: (ami I) hlSlur), Ihe '1lon
Arlhur A. Co<:hrilne' 10 .. hom Ml" Youn~'51c1ler II. addreliiliie<lls
de;trly idenlHicd alii hcing - :IS 1'1.: titer hccal1lc - Admiralth.:
1I0110urahic Sir Arthur IInrHlI\d I coplIl,ll'l,'\Iru (",,,:hr:IO':. Ken,
lie ""as Ihc third son ,I( Adrlllral Thunl;" (·,,,,'hr:ln.:. IOlh 1.:111 uf
L>undon..ld. lieH ... 1'10. h<;fore su.:.:eeJm~ tu the lltk..11.:1'11.:.\....1
fame as lord Cochranc. the (ri)!ale ea.rlaln .. 1'10 Ialer helped the
Chileans, thc Peruvians and thc Rrarilians to achic'·c In·
dependence...
Mr Cochrane i1flf"ICndcd a i!ene..lIogi.:al chart o(lhc ('ochr;lnc
f:101l1y whi,;h ilii too cumpll<'::II.:d 10 r(prlOl herc, bUI \\e do :IrrcnJ
hdow some biogral'lhi'::ll J.:I:III, of the re':lfll.:nl or Ihe 11149 I'll'
cairn letler: Admiral the f-Ionourabl~ Sir Arlhur Auekllnd L~opold
I'edro CO('hr.~. I\("R.
Born 24/9/ltI,24 - IhHd ~on of Admiral Thnm:l~ COI:hr;ln....
10th Earl of Dundonald. (its.
4/11139 age 14 Midshiflman in the Ro~al Na\).
/1847 i1@:e 23 (as lieutenant") Iisited Pil~'airn bland. (Sce
Jcmima Young's Ictter of 6/II/U~49),
/11154. age 30. :IS Command.:r look pan In the siege of
Bum:lrsund in the B;lhic.
/1854, age 30. Capl:lin of 1I\IS ··Nigcr".
1/6/1857. age 33. took flarl in. and \\3S \\ounded :l1.lhe 8.. 1·
lle of Fat~un Creek 10 China dUring Ihc ~nd OfllUm ";IJ
fllb.1. aJ!e .19. (":lfll;lIn II( lI~lS .. " aHlur"·. the fir!>t Itlln
h:lttleship,
1117]·76. 49-52. Adl1l1r:11 and Commander·in-Chld. Pacific
Fleel,
Died 20/8/1905. age 81.
When Mr Risvold replied to 'Ir Co<:hranc's leller. hc madc
Ihis tomment: .. It seems strange that this letter appeared in london. came to Minne~ota, entered Ihe [lUbll': dumain 10 AUl.tralia.
and then pi,;kcd up h)' nCI\S m~-di:1 in London and no\\ )our h:ller
to me in Minneap",ll~, II ~ecm~ lh;ll .IenllOla·~ IeUcr \\:11. J':'linl,-d
10 he prescrved in I~islur):'
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Pttcairns Island
April 9th
18~6
Uy Dear Mrs Parnell,
I have just received you very kind & considerate letter of the
1st March 1855.
I assure you I was delighted with it I cannot at
first even guess who would be at the trouble of writing to me from
England before reading the letter I looked at the signature, &,needly
hardly te~l you what my feelings were when I found it came from you.
This was the first Intlm3tion I had of your where abouts, since you
left us although I had made many enquiries concerning yourself & family
I have written several letters to that "Horrible Country" California,
and enquired after you whenever, I was fortunate enough to meet anyone
acquainted in Exeter & its vicinity, but all to no purpose, so I finally
concluded, that you must have fallen a victim to the many f~tal diseases
in California & of which we have heard such terrible accounts.
I find by your address that you are living near (I hope very near)
a dear friend of mire The Rev'd Wm H. Holman a chaplain in the navy, he
has resided with me nine months (during the time Mr Hobbs was in England)
k you must endeavour to become acquainted with him as he is a very nice
person, & I am sure he would be delighted to find one who is acquainted
with our little Island & its inhabitants. His parents are living in
Teicnmouth.
I hope you are liVing happily & enjoying a full share of
the blessincs which Providence bestows in this life.
I hear or r~ther
we have heard, that we are to be removed to Norfolk Island, in August
or September next.
I do think that many of us would hardly survive a
removal from here, being born & brought up upon the Island, consequently,
everything we hold dear is connected with it.
You must endeavour to keep up the correspondence, between us & write
8S often as possiblo & I promiso to do the same, you hod better address
your letters to Norfolk Island, via, Sydney
My deal husband sends you his kind love & please to offer our kindest
regards to Mr. Parnell & s~y we expect a line or two from him
You must
grace, for we
than to think
to the throne
always remember us in your supplications to the throne of
need your prayers, o~! my deal Celia, what is more gratifying,
that although so many thousands of miles apart our entreaties,
of the Gre~t Eternal oscend together as one.
With sincerest wish for your present & future happiness, believe me
to be ever you
Affectionate friend
Caroline Adams
Mrs Celia Parnell
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P.S. In my anxiety to write I have quite forgotten to say that we still
have the liveliest recollections of you k the rest of the passengers on.
bored of the schooner "Rose" where is l!r Mullen? he is a great friend of
my husband ~ we have not heard of him since his visit, we are all well
thank God
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Pitcairns Island
April 20th 1850
Kind Friend
As I may never have such an opportunity again of writing to you
I have embraced this with pleasure
but although seperated by the
vast and mighty ocean t can never forget you
and I hope you will
not be offended when I ask for the same from you
Our lIttle community was lately thrown into great agitation by
the conduct of the Captain of an English Barque which arrived hear on
the 24th of last month from Auckland having on board six passengers
for California it was on Sunday morning that the Yessel hove in sight
as soon as ·we could make her out to be a merchantman we put otf in
one of our boats to see ~h3t Is wanted by the Captain having learned
the Captain wants water only and that he intends to sail on the same
day his vessel being very leaky
we of course thought it would be
a work of necessity to help and get it for him.
he while we were getting
his water, landed in one of his boats bringing with him three of his
passengers beside himself and tho super cargo when our boat came round
to the settlement they brouGht two other passengers
making in all
5 ~eside the Captain and Superc~rgo towards evening he told the passengers
that they may remain on shore all night, as he intends to stop another
day, and that in the following morning, he will come back nnd take off
some things which he had ordered, and our boat3 will take off the
passengers at the sa.oe time
he- accordingly took one of (
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and went on board
the next day the wind blew pretty fierce with rain,
which continued for two days the fourth day after (Wednesday)
she was
scen,to the leeward of tho islnnds, about 30 miles off. Thursday she
passed by the island with a fair wind to come and take off her pas~enger5,
if the Captain was so minded but she passed by and was never seen or heard
of after, leaving with us five passengers
two of-which have been
fortunnte to get of lately in the bark "Colonist"
One of which has kindly undertaken to teach us, music, and I am
happy in telling you that he has succeeded much to his satisfaction a~d
our own
this and the birth of a child to day
a boy is the only
news I have to impart
and now kind friend I bid you a kind farewell,
praying that God Almichty may bless you and yours
I remain your Ever
affectionate friend
t!nd welhvisher
Caroline Adams
Miss C. J. Parnell)
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Give my best love to your husband
Likewise to lIr Gco Mullen
My hUBband sends you all his kind regardB.
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UNN'S STAMP NEWS
APRIL 16,1984
Earliest known Pitcairn Island letter
tells of long voyage in search of whales
By Donna O'Keefe
The earliest known letter
from Pitcairn Island has been
discovered by Floyd E.
Rlsvold and Is In the Rlsvold
collection In Minneapolis.
The letter Is dated 18~8 and
was written in two stages by
Capl Richard Luce of fbe
wballng ship Margaret Scott
(figure I).
The first part is headed
"June 25 A.D. 18~8/0n the
Equator HH.OOW:' The con·
fents tell of the loneliness and
rigors of the long voyage in
search for whales.
Capt. Luce writes, "(t Is now
7 long months since I left Bed
ford with a heavy heart. J have
not heard one word since ,. I
have not been fortunate In get·
tlng 011, have not seen any
whales ...
"A few days ago I tell trom
aloft accidentely Injure(! me
some ... the first time that
e...er I lost my hold alan."
The second part Is headed
"Ort Pitcairn Island Sept 7
o
18~8."
The captain writes, "This Is
the residence at the mutineers
of the Ship Bounty, or their
children and grande children,
a community of 140 souls, as
good and pIOUS a people as
e...er exlste(! .
"Their Cbief Magistrate is
chosen yearly by vote. I bad
the honour of dining with hI!
honour."
He says, "The fair sex are al·
lowed to vote."
He also observes that "they
populate faster than they depopulate." (Population In 1983
was only ~5.)
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Jemima Younl to Arthur Cochrane, whose shIp, HMS Spy, was
docked at the Island for. short time, The letter was sent In
1141,
brary in Minneapolis where Adams by Copt. Frederick
his letter was forwarded 10 Chamler R.N., published in
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Rlsvold.
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thur A, Cochrane' 10 whom nell/who visited Pitcairn
1850 on
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Young's letter Is ad- Island/March
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dressed is clearly Identified as their/voyage to C8IUomia."
Three original letters were
being - as he later beCame Figure 1. Tbls Is Ihe e.rll"' known letter from Pltc.lrn Isl.nd. It 15 dated 1848 add w•• Admiral the Honourable Sir found at tbe back of the book
written by Capt. Richard Luce of tbe wh.J1nI5hlp Mar,.nf Seon.
Arthur Auckland Leopold addressed 10 Cella Parnell.
They probably were placed In
Pedro Cocbrane, K.C.B,
wrlUen from Pitcairn ISland
"Regenerate souls alone can reprinted In the June 1978
"He was the tblrd son of Ad- the book by Mrs. Parnell as 8
on AUg. 6, 18~9 (Figure 2).
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British publication, Stamp Col- miral Thomas Cochrane, 10th memento ot theIr visit.
The letter was written by
Two are from caroline Ad·
"The blood ot goats - and lecting.
Earl ot Dundonald, C.C.B.
Jemtma Y<rJUI 'to 'Th~ f«)n~ l)ullQdrS".....::;
It w..... -t'e84~';I1;$ J.ii~. ....ho. befQte-~Cdlna.r. the a",.s aJ'ld ME' 1'1 'rl)'" Su~n
"How feebly they Ihe way who also was a frien 'of Qere title, achlev~d fdme " Lord Qulntall. The letters are dated
ble Arthur A. Cochrane/to the
care of mgr Coulls/59 did show
Cochrane., brother of Lord Co- Cochrnne, the frigatfl Cflptaln March 25, 1850, April 20, 1850,
Strand/London."
"Unborn from sin ;,v~ lie In chrane ot CUlts, and a second who later helped the Chileans. and April 9, 1856, and contain
Upon its arrival In London, It 00
cousin of Maj. lain Cochrnne, the Peruvians and the Drazlll- Insights to the island and It!
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was readdressed "CO HMS
"Redeem'd by Chrlsl 10 the present earl at Dundonald. ans to achieve Independence." history.
The April 9, 1856 leiter from
Wellesley."
heaven we go
The philatelist sent a copy of (Lord Thomas Cochrane Is pic·
It Is believe(! Jemima Young
A'dams is particularly
Caroline
"Christ and hI! love shall be the article to Vere Cochrane,
ture(! OD Peru Sallt 226.)
Interesting
as it W85 written
met Arthur Cochrane when his our song
Alexander Cochrane of
Another leiter trom Alexan·
ship visited Pitcairn in 18~7.
"On Canan's shore Volle;; '"
Grange-Over-S8nds, Cumbria, der Cochrane to Floyd Rtsvold three weeks before the islan·
She was 19,and he was 23,
arrive
England, who was involved In confirms that Arthur Cochrane ders len. Pftcalrn to settle on
visited Pitcairn Island in 18~7 Norfolk ~a(ld be..Cause tbe &e.t~
Cochrane's ship, HMS Spy,
r~arch Into the earls of Dun:C~rist
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In 1921 the New Zealand government agreed to accept "unstamped"
mail,from Pitcairn Island at the regular prepaid rate,with the
charges to be collected from the recipient. By 1927 the New Zealand Postal Agency was established on the Island ~nd stamps of
that country were put in use. In 1940 the Pitcairn Post Office
was established and the first postage stamps were issued. There
are more than a dozen types of the "NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" in red,
violet,purple and black known.
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Cover sllown above was posted from Pitcairn Island in January and
arrived at AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND on February 13,1924 as per postmark.It was then forwarded to NUKUALOFA, TONGA in the FRIENDLY
ISLANDS,where it arrived on March 17th.It was held in the post
office until it was picked up on April 24,1924,as per the postmark
on reverse. SEE chart above for location of PITCAIRN,TONGA and
AUCKLAND.
PITCAIRN ISLAND
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a~dJr. tw.':ffwz. ~_
The mother of Floyd McCoy
writes to a friend:" .....
Floyd like to go to New
Zealand,if can to study
Wirelass{radio}, dont
know if he will go or
not - We are expecting
the S.S.Rotorua - the
boys just catch the message that she will be in
one oclock to night
.
Harriet McCoy." Note on
the letter "1 send an old
letter from Mrs McCoy.She
is the great grand daughter of Fleehee Christian
the mutineer and she married one of the MeCoys
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Mrs.E.B.Smith.
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S.S.Rotorua to New Zealand
and thence via the Canal
Zone,as per partial strike
of the postmark "PAQUEBOT".
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RICHARD BENTLEY FAIRCLOUGH standing "outside the porch of Gorcon
Christian's house where I live"on
Pitcairn Island.Richarri had been
9iven a permit to move to Pitcairn
rrom England.He arriveC about the
first of July 1927 and spent the
rest of his life on Pitcairn
~here
he died and is buried.The letter
on the opposite page is the last
of five that he ~rote to Robert G.
Tolman. They give an e::cell.;'nt
description of life on thE island ..
This letter tells of 2 men \:ho \lere
"landed here from S.S.Corinthie.
They had been on board seeing
friends off for England" and the
boat sailed with the~ on board.The
ship let them off at Pitcairn to
catch the $.S.Mataror due in 2 oays,
but failed to stop.They had to stay
about a month for the S.S.Lainue to
taJ~e them back to N'€,: Zealanc. Postr,larl~ed at Pitcairn June 4,arriving
ot CRISTOBAL,C.Z, JUN 17 830 AM
PAQUETBOT 1930.It arrived at NE'~
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Dear Floyf,
Yours of 27th June just to hand with photostat of the
Byrd cover ....hich I have always regarded as one of the really uniq'
Pitcairn items - and also one of the hardest to find which is dif:
to explain as 794 of them were created. They SHOULD be a lot CODlDI
than they are and the only explanation I have is that mostaf them
up in non-philatelic hands andwere either
old souventers awaiting to surface.
lost or are still amo~
1 have been chasing one of the darn things for years wit
success. About three years back thought 1 had landed one as a U S.
dealer tracked one down for me and was negotiating a sale at $100<
when he up and died rather suddenly and of course 1 nave no idea 1.1
the owner was (other than it was a woman related to one of the sai
on
the North-Star).
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F1oy~~
Yours of 27th June just to hand with photostat of the nice
Byrd cover which I have always regarded as one of the really unique
Pitcairn items - and also one of the hardest to find ~hich is difficult
to explain as 794 of them were created. They SHOl~D be a lot commoner
than they are and the only explanation I have is that most of them ended
up in non-philatelic hands andwere either lost or are still amongst
old souvenf'ers awaiting to surface.
I have been chasing one of the darn things for years without
success. About three years back thought 1 had landE'd one as a U S.
dealer tracked one down for me and was negotiating a sale at $1000
when he up and died rather suddenly and of course I have no idea who
the owner was (other than it was a wom.an related to one of the sailors
on
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HospluUly 01 1IlaDden.
The viaitOf'll "'ere rt(:(lived ,,-jtb open
"arms by the Pit<::l,rn bl.ndel'B. who. during UUI ",hoi. of their Itay. ~ho... ed .t~em
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the lVuwl hll6Pl..
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try home on the island and weN &C.
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Th. popub.tioo 01 Pil~im Island II
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LIFE ON PITCAIRN.
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o blanders. The.,.. induded :a motor engina.
• which "as fitted into otIe of tbe boata, r
gi..ing it a lpeed of 10 kDOts and tn.
II ablinJ: it ;:a ftw weeka ago to :;::0 lIlilea OIIt •
'. \0 int.en:ept the r\"O"''''Iilln molonhip
r Veabard. bound to Na. ZftJa.nel. Anolbu
• "try .,Ioom.. present .... 'a wil"lleu... 1
Clli..,n( and trall..SlIlittinE Nt, _hiclt ICOII
.fte. It had bMII &ri 'lip Cllmlllunicated
wilb at.e"mefl 100 mil. awa,. ill da,.liJl:bt
.nd nearly 200 miles at nigbL Mr.
aJao took to Pitcairn la1&nd bMI. N...
Zealand flu pl.-nta and a number of NO!'.
folk Ialud pin.. He aI50 PrMalltao:\ the
islandon .. i~h tb• .&rat piauo whidl h&d
tN...n _II thera.
FI'OIll many palnta of 1I'i• •, Aiel lIr,
Ru•• lb, PltO-lnl Wa.ndon ..... a happJ' 1
oofln!lunit:r. Tb..,. ..... deepl,. "UPon., •
the, neither IUllO"'. nor drink aJcobolie
liqUorL In .pit. 01 intu·marna«e th.,. I
e.a a ... markabl,. healthy Pf'OPI. aud there j
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..ery littl. lickneu on the ial.lId.
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Illoaquit.-•• nd the:ra ..... no bliflbu 01'
pella 10 .poi} their crops. Thel b.... a
la. pl'Obibiting immigratioll without a
written permit fl'Olll their _neil and
one from tb. High Comllliaaollftr for the
We:atern P:acific .. ..ell"
The pl"eKnt inhahiunu of Pltcall'll
fal;:and were not tb. lint to dwell_it.
Stone &:I~ and chiaeil .nd oth.. impl.
m.nta, lton.. pillalll Ind filfUNi lih tboM
of Eaale. uland Ind ,kaletotle ..ith PM.I
ah..lI, pl:aced benulb their hMd. ha...
bean foulld on PItcairn. Why the ori~
nal d1'i"tllelll di... ppu~ " I mJ$1 • ., lika
that 01 Eaet"r bland. Mr. Ha,.. bas
hrotlght IIllck mlny huutifully laahionetf
atone implementa and soma int.NlHn"
photograph. of rock paintinp of human
btinl', :anim:ab. birds and curiou. dlaiin,
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bland iii a r.." month. Th", had been
ll i Ven the "rreetlom of the I.hlnd" and
tho inhabitants ....ere bUlldlllll: a hOlln
.pecI.lIy for th..r aceommodation, Mr,
Hare uid the, ....ould probably a~1 for
t ..... o yUill nll:l"t timo lind two or hi. IOna
were going to act .. lI(:hoolteacbefl, "W,.
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PitcaIrn leland
South ?aclfic Ocean.
near
Mr_.
1cCoys
I a. a collector of . .n
_p. ot the American We.t 1790-1890. TIt
you will ~,der.tand the circumat.ncea
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a&o 1 boLtgh t a ,
by a ~. Robert G.rol~ll and Roctly wri
letters there were five betw8dJ1 the dat
1930, and all writt_ by a Kr.R.8.Fairc
Tol~n.At tle tlmo of those lettere Mr.
S.S.Califo£ni. & .1ao S.S.Pennaylvanla,
the letters i. a lone 8 paee descriptic
Very i",terestinc to say th~ least.
~ow - we OGW6 to the dixt!: ..
for this letter to you. The letter I ho'
Harriet oCoy to a~lr•• E • • &aith,338 Nl
New York". In the lotter Hal'riet mentil
"Floyd like to Co to New leal.n'. if c.
j.t he !till Co Qr not. " end quutE;!. This
Ialnnd,Sept 19,1926" and the enVelO?8 ~
. . rklnc "POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISL~ND/ 0 I
on tl i . letter, apparontl)~ to Joll'. Tolur
Mra.McCoy. She ia the great rrand dauel
.utineer and .he "J'ried one of the toC
euote •
FLOYD H. McCOY. a direct deICendeal
. of William McCoy, one of tbe B0Ulll1
llIuUneen. d'ed in hi, home on tbe island
on September IS, 1963.
. He had been in the Amcriean Jlo..pital
In Balboa, Canal Zone. from April 21
to J Illy 20, 1963. and IIl1duwelit two .eri.
ou, operations. The trip &0111 tbe oo.pila!
10 ~e boat WII5 IIUde in an amJ.o.Iuoe•
• dlStanc:e of fifty miles. He had 10 be
under II('dalion al all lim.... and was made
u ~mfonable as poaible io the .hip',
hoeP11.! quarters. His de~led wife, Vi,
'I'red dc..e by and brlpcd the
doc.
lor care for him.. Allu nine daJll 011 the
o~: RU., they landed .t Pilcaira. Vi'.
"'Ia was granted that the OCUlI 'WOuldo't
be rough .h~ he was laken io the uun
boat on tbe lJ"ip 10 tbe i&l.Dd. The lea
.~. Il5 calm and placid as • luce 4ke.
\ I lends • message of thllnQ through
STAlfJ'S m.lgarine to all thOlle .1.0 .awl
Floyd", ~Qt days as happy all JlI*ib~
He Ten-ned many I!'CI well cud. and
IWlet ... hill' ~ the bospital, and tbow
that were ~IVed ,fler he left the boIp.i.
t.1 were forw.rded [0 the island. He
".It .maud th.1 people who didn'l mow
hun would B<'nd messages to him jUsI as
a rnuil of Ihe item which appeared .
STA \II'S r('porting his illu~
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Floyd i. \'ery moch mi~ 011 the leblld.
He ."as 1 grell leader, IlId Ihe whole popUllllOn de~nded on him for lealkrehip.
He WI!! theIr only lIuigllor who couk!
take men. 10 Henderson alalld, a d;'tance
of lIB md~, for .'.firo wood. He was lhe
ham Operalor who '!enl oul calla for help
w,hen I dOClor Wall needed, or 10 conlact
fnenda who sent packages of lleeded ilems.
He WII the Public RelaliOlllJ Oflicer and
~he Polke Chie£. He helped make a land.
JIIg II Bounly nay so Ihal lhe women
wou.ld ?Ol hne to Mep inlo lhe WlI11"r
gelling III and oul 01 Ihe hoalt.
Through the !ale of alampe lhe island
people were able 10 build a modern school
and. church. There are many uquisite
cunos thai can he gotten in Ihe W d
Anyone wishing lint day coven or cu~~
CI? conlact Mrs. Floyd H. McCoy Pit.
wp'.
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hi. radio .tudio. I have alway. been thrilled with the story ot the
Bounty and Pitcairn Island nee I wa• • YOWl&, boy - I aDa 53 now. 'too
bad I did not .cquire the.. lettera earlier so I could have addreaaed
'loyd •• well •• you. I ••au.e that Harriet i. Ploydta mother •• you
are retered to a. ·Vi· in SUMPS aac••ine.? Set .e .tnight.
I will be _ore than pl• •ed to hear froa you in the very
near tuture. I t 70U wiah I will be Cl.d to tell you about .1' collection
and my.elt. I am the preeid_t ot the c.-pant which appeare on thie
letterhead aDd we are in the intant. .ear bustnea•• We .,11 to the
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",toe ... was here when I returned Jan 12th from tile bt,at.8s whera
r spent the last 12 moths ror ~ ne8~~n ~ ~ very siok after the 1088 or my desr hue
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had gone tnrvugb euch e strain &. wJ,.tn rtrlaumatoid ArthrltiB it flared up badly
J.. .. ent .way to £8t swllY from things l o r . whUe.
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Your .letteria moat interesting 8S that it 81 1 concerno ~ l.t.
hueb....d Ie family eet.
:.~ Faucl.uugn u:/ the way', Floyd got. parmI.
for h1.m t.v come
I. hera & live &. • few years later he got. !A.lIl.o._s1.on for h1.8 widowed sister to C
.. TO ... ~ngl.nd aho &. they both ended the.a.l' aayeuere • .LD thh h ome
Yes ,Harr1.8 to was 1"i.oya 8 mo",her, ye. Floyd d 1el go away to ~ Z
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too.t ~ to lesrn radio but he moetly reMe1.neu8v ••• 8a en Able 8eaman for 2U year.
alr & un comin back here at intervals 0 ee u.a ~e pIe & looked after t~em t1l1
the ana. ria 8arved all through th.laet worLu var et. 8e8 " toen he eat for bu Mat••
tlc~t ~ gut that using it for eyeer b.fvre comlng Deck hare bringing ms for the r1rat
t'.1_S. n war wae over. De uaeo1'.o t.ke .... 1 to"e people here to Oeno .18.1..nd 8 send .to1
75 miles from Fitc.,~n ror ., nice rest a8 it hae slov81y legoon all aroun01t'. a r •• f
all .rouno 8 ml1a OJ. aUOit! elav he used to brJ.IlL' toM men Dack Ir_tD hand.reon .... land
where the~ U8e~ to go for wood 110 alle. fr~m here.
r~y ba I ahoul liat you down for our little monthly paper &
you tIL continue to [at the neve evante of our littla leland from time time.
I .end outo aLmost J\.. ::
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folks USU811y pay 8 dollar a year fror IDl!I to d t i. &:. 8 .. tr.e 88me time helps me a
wea bit. 1 do all kind 0_ s .. amp work carae ect now 88 ... UBV.tO t.r loU 0 ... e ....met infor to bring in a littla aince Floyd he.gone. The curioa are lovely 8.1.1 kindsof wood
work 1f y ...u woood like e,;.me. flying fiah small or medium or lerge birde eull &
mediWll & turtlee hend vaaea act. baskete for the ladie••
'".lay be e wm8 fr ••ndew...ood like 8 me.
W1th only two regular a ips ca... 11nc hers now our ma Is are extram.~
atow. eo far the one t~i8 yea. is theone I caU.e homeon in Jan 12th.
The~ are going to try & le~ a cargo boe .. t .... c main once 8 month & pick up ma_Ie aut
thh mighthelp a bit f .. r the me Ie g oingout.
W 11 h08e covereyuu havr W1.tn no et.amp de,.. 8 here ehould be
velueble. Did y ... u ge .. the three
D C or 4 now wltn Churohlle that cameout her. lee ..
year? Have a huge pUe of' tn8_ls to cleen up eo try t .... <L e little each dey.
I would love to travel more in emerica & leoture on Pitceirn & 8 ow ~ slidee & ..ta
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Arter blowing up a hundred balloons I felt like a whale myself, but that is part of the fun.
I am sure I am voicing
the thanks of all the children to Vi McCoy's friends, Mr J. K. May of
Winnepeg, Canada, and Hr O. E. RisvOld in Minneapolis Mium, U. S. A. for
the beautiful ones and other gifts they so kindly sent ror Chriatmas.
Glenda Young.
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An unexpected shi fr~m Panama wey brought our meils & we were 80 hepp'y
8S we had known meil wes waiting up
here for here. Your wonderful parcel sgein srrived
it was ell after xmss but I devidea the things out to theones I kneww could use them
Thistime we had a young baby born a little girl belonging to Tom & getty Christian
its their first & they were very hsppy & thrilled to death when I took slong your
wonderful pram Dr cot cover & the little blankets she so badly needed to say nothing
of the wee dresses eet ect, 0 this is her year we will say to get s nice share, last
year & 80 on back the ssme tbi.ng 1n t is way the thingsfit the ones they rae meset to
l~ny thanks indled Betty Feinted some skeleton 'e8 8S & geve them t me to add to
qy little box of things for you folks. so in this ssme meil by surface ttere i. a
parcel I ad betterlet you know in case 0 strikes ect still it ~a8 8 nice basket mei
by Norma & a ehark made by Sammie Detty1a leavea & a tiny baby fiah by s little boy.
a bird ~y John Chriaitan. do tope you like tr.e m folks & they arrive eefely.
The other newa will bein the paper a
I now you will soon heve t em a180
a8 t ey are in the meil aeow
Its 8ad ab~ut all th~ oead birds up Ducie. muet bethe
teste lhe french were doinglast yeer he8 eft poieon as ell the coral 1s deao.
only ~OO m ilea from us .no fish in the lagoon either dead & fane.
I cant write mu~h but still try to punch away on t
this & get by my arthrtia gets very beo its our weather. my feet have been ao swollen
& painful ita herd to wear shoee anymore I livein slippers.aa my feet sre spreading.
still I guess I could be worse off ike aome otherpeople.
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I oe. odnrt1Hd • •1:8ple tbl.,. horo " woDllorod ab_ I oDU1d oeDd
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tbe ••0oDd jolDta at tiM ••
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lest 8 lon~ tim. in 8 t1n& jont ~elt
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10 the public equare where ttey put xmBe tress up & everyor.e put tInge on the
trees for each ot er rro~ tre youngest to tr.e olee.t . to ~et reedyforthis event
lhave all kinds of tnin&8 ·hrou~hthe vear ~hat folks eendme like used clothing
t.oye e"'IH~·e &:. e t 1~ they bavefinist.::lwit.h .sa 1 Bort tha e out sccordin,&
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reraon &:. s160 tbrou~h tt. year ~e ell h va a birthday & each home puts
on e dinnerfor this & again ~e five little pre~ent8 ot clot hint so if you or your
friends would like to 8SVS tteir used clothin~ or toye or things their folks have
discarded we coula use t e~ but ; know this wiI taka postato &:. I wll offer to
¥sy Ioelago ormay be 1 could ~et e curloer basket V~4Lt ever )tey 8ay
I w1~_~aveto teke thia new ribbon 0 t ita a ~e8 keeFs jumpinf up
.n f'rOlllot the rceya &. maklnc.re n:ek. shock1n" ttl,takes more tl-.an I do
norma 'y with ~ f.ngere.
Vhi e I tink of it 1Doa.e t e baskets stould get 8
bit8quas~ad, 8tuf~ t e~ w~th
rushed up newa pa~ar or 010 clothing &:. take a warm
iron &. iro t~e= a.ain &:. t~.J wil be like r~~.tbef ma~e these on s round ,",ooden
l-lock.
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1s still in the • tatee let cekno~ at once by 8 r t.eet ~ III hent:o o!inct it
Bcroe to you JOu miGht have to take uF • at collection to help pay for
h1rine 8 ~ ojector & poeta B b8Ck~?··
III lOBV it to you. It was ~adB toaTe • few ~ears 8~O by t 8 Brit l e
letrollyc ~eopl. t,1ree o~ tr.air ~8n ca • bare ~. bo~Bdor.o wteilo ore
W~8n
Floyd died t~oy eert 8 this 88 8 tift am sorry I wept be able to ,oint r:oyd
out to Jou J but there are Bevara: 8fota ~ an oxple~n v .ore to ~8tch for hi
w~.~ ~ write you if you want t • f~llnlnc888 latters crOSBor i gat one from her
in t 1a coming batch of maile & it b•• ug 80 10 l .fOTB ~ik81y lot b.ck to you
I milht inetruct
or to Bond it on to you, 8 8 W88 8 IIchecl teacher & t .8 kid.
just lov.cit I took it with e on my trip lest yoar~ 1 oft t v'l
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st clo e now went to do ~or~ letters.
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JUit ... tne .14 year ';:I.a IW&y I want
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rain ... tl,. .t n1&;bt .. aalc.ea it. yery m...1tl.
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.\le t • • • • • .e wlrk t. keep.,. expenee. 'lin,. here I . . ut tle1n& arq "ert.
ar ID anT penUIM <II wUh III trallll1n& .bi,1 n." it.. bar. till keep ,g~
•• 8.,.en here IDe b•• t. use
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thi, lI'q I lila • little iut net 81'eryane wanb It..,••
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