Letter : Papeete, Tahiti, to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens, 1881 June 13.

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Letter : Papeete, Tahiti, to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens, 1881 June 13.

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Letter, dated June 13, 1881 aboard the USS Lackawanna in Papeete, Tahiti, from her captain S.H. Gillis, to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens, commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific, briefing him on the movements of the "Lackawanna," and on the political situation in Tahiti.

[4] leaves ; 35 cm.

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