Revised Jun 22 2021
DEPARTURE OF THE PITCAIRN COMMUNITY FROM PITCAIRN TO NORFOLK ISLAND—NORFOLK ISLAND; ITS ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT, AND SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION—VISIT OF BISHOP BROUGHTON—CAPTAIN DENHAM's DESPATCH—LETTERS FROM ARTHUR QUINTAL AND REV. G. H. NOBBS—SIR WM. DENISON'S COMMUNICATION—EXPENSE OF REMOVAL—ACCOUNTS FROM HOBART TOWN.
EARLY in the year 1857 the friends of the Pitcairn community received intelligence of the change which had taken place in the circumstances of the islanders. Silence and solitude had resumed their reign at Pitcairn. The Chaplain and his wife had paid their last visit to the grave of their beloved Reuben. The inhabitants, from the oldest man and woman, down to the infant of a few months, had quitted the memorable spot, as it seemed, for ever, and embarked in the Morayshire on their perilous voyage of between three and four thousand miles. Nay, more, they had arrived at the beautiful and fertile island, generously bestowed upon them by the kindness and consideration of Her Majesty's Government.