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the Sandwich Islands; she was duly registered in the Office of the Colonial Secretary

on the 28th

April 1851, her owner being M=

The Armstrong, and the then

Marter Mr John Stratton. The

vessel returned to this Port om

the 30t of Secember 1851, under the Command of Hiram B.

Aedges",

an American, who had

1

irreceded in her

from

henci_

Mz John Stratton is stated to

have been left on

shore drunk

at the Sandwich Islands.

15. The Martha again left

this Port on the 18th June last,

但

fo 2.

bound to San Francises, Mz

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Marshall booming her Master berning

on that date, as is chown by

the records in the Colonial

Secretary's Office, a Copy, of which,

together with me

of

the Original

Register, is herewith enccozid

for your information..

ps. 4. I also forward copy of a

1.4. Letter N4,

from the Harbour

Master of Honghong to the

Colonial Secretary, dated the 205 Iuctant, giving cover to an

encloure marked A. received

by Mr Pedder

A

from

Mz Drinker

through whom all the information

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4.

contained in Mr Pedder's Letter has been obtained, irrespective of that which has been furnished from the records in the Harbour Master's Icpartment, also accompanying this despatch.

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5. The Instructions marked A. N5 were given on behalf of the stated- Swner Mr Armstrong by Mr Frinker (who is an American

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the American Firm Trinker fff, residents here] to Captain Hiram B. Hedges (also an American) dated 7th May 1851. These Instructions most clearly define the object of the