Pitcairn Island - the early history

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The Island, the People, and the Pastor
Chapter V

CHAPTER V.

THE CHRONOMETER Of THE BOUNTY—DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF PITCAIRN IN 1814, AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS—ACCOUNT GIVEN BY SIR THOMAS STAINES—BY ADMIRAL BEECHEY—EMIGRATION TO OTAHEITE IN 1831—QUEEN POMARE—HER LETTER TO QUEEN VICTORIA.

Mar 1, 1813

ON Captain Mayhew Folger's departure from Pitcairn, after his visit there in 1808, in the American ship Topaz, he carried away a Kendall's chronometer, and an azimuth compass, both of which had belonged to the Bounty. In a letter to the Lords of the Admiralty, dated Nantucket, March 1st, 1813, Folger stated that the "time-keeper" and compass had been presented to him, on his leaving the island, by John Adams. He added that this time-keeper, after being in his possession about six weeks, had been taken from him by the governor of the island of Juan Fernandez. The compass he forwarded to their Lordships.