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Manuscripts
Edward Deas Thompson letter to Peter Hardeman Burnett
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- Description
- Sir Thomson requests Governor Burnett's assistance concerning the seizure by pirates of the Australian schooner "Helen" during her voyage from Sydney to Moreton Bay, Queensland. Reports indicate the ship was then taken to California. Also included is a testimory endorsing Sir Thomsen's identity, signed by James H. Williams, United States consul for the Port of Sydney.
- Production date
- 1850, March 13.
- Call number
- mssHM 19388
- Provenance
- Grabhorn Collection, January 1945.
