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A defense of the missions in the South Sea and Sandwich Islands, against the misrepresentations contained in a late number of the Quarterly review, in a letter to the editor of that journal

Author:William Orme

Print Book, English, 1827

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: B.J. Holdsworth, London, 1827

Physical Description:iv, 142 pages 24 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:21705264

Subjects:

Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856

Ellis, William, 1794-1872

Lockhart, J. G. 1794-1854

Missions Hawaii

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Defense of the missions in the South Sea and Sandwich Islands, against the misrepresentations contained in a late number of the Quarterly review, in a letter to the editor of that journal.

Orme, William, 1787-1830.

Notes:

"From notes and papers furnished by Mr. Ellis."--Preface

Written in reply to the "Sandwich Islanders," an article which appeared in the Quarterly review for March, 1827; that article professed "to be drawn up from the 'Voyage of His Majesty's ship Blonde, ' from the 'Narrative of a tour through Hawaii, or Owyhee, by Mr. Ellis, the missionary, ' and from unpublished letters of Captain Beechey."

"Postscript" (p. 81-142)--made up of letters and press notices "shich completely corroborate and authenticate the statements and reasonings of ... M̈r. Orme's ̈letter."