Letter to William Mariner from his Tongan adoptive mother, an English translation and related documents, 1832 [microform]. [1832]

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Letter to William Mariner from his Tongan adoptive mother, an English translation and related documents, 1832 [microform]. [1832]

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A copy of a letter to William Mariner from his Tongan adoptive mother, Mafihape, probably written in 1832, and an English translation of it, transcribed on 6 March 1837 in longhand on the endpapers of a copy of Mariner's and Martin's, An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean (Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1827). This copy of the book is inscribed by Mariner to his daughter, Margaret McCulloch, in 1849.

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Mafihape, Fakatou.

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William Mariner was ship's clerk aboard the British privateer and whaler "Port au Prince". Anchored off the Tongan island of Lifuka, in the Ha'apai group, the "Port au Prince" was seized by the high chief and future king of Tonga, Finau Ulukalala, on 1 December 1806. Most of the crew were killed in the takeover of the ship, but Finau spared Mariner and several colleagues. Finau assumed responsibility for Mariner, taking him under his protection and entrusting his care to one of his wives, Mafiha...

Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

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Mariner, William, 1791-1853

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