Revised Jun 22 2021
LETTER FROM THE REV. G. H. NOBBS RESPECTING THE VOYAGE TO NORFOLK ISLAND, AND SETTLEMENT OF THE PITCAIRN COMMUNITY THERE—THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND—CONFIRMATION—ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY FROM THE PITCAIRN FUND COMMITTEE—VISIT OF SIR WM. DENISON—PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLANDERS—THEIR PROSPECTS—CONCLUSION.
THE Chaplain of Norfolk Island, in a letter to the author, dated Sept. 24th, 1856, described, with much minuteness and good feeling, the occurrences of the voyage, and the occupation of the place by its present settlers. A few portions of this letter from the Island will present to the reader's mind some striking events in connexion with a most interesting era of the history.