Modern transcription and vendor's catalog description: Autograph letter signed, dated Sept. 9, 1880 on board the USS Alaska, describing a visit to the Samoan Islands

dc.contributor.author	Hiland, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned	2015-02-03T22:21:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-02-03T22:21:17Z
dc.date.issued	1880
dc.description
dc.description.abstract	In addition to the original, eight-page handwritten letter and mailing envelope, a modern, typed transcription (with handwritten notes in margin) and vendor’s catalog description are also included. Thomas Hiland, born in New Hampshire, was a surgeon assigned to the USS Alaska towards the end of a naval career that began in 1861. In addition to remarks on Samoans, Hiland comments on recent political developments in the period leading up to two decades of Samoan civil war.
dc.format.extent	8 pages
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/47187
dc.language.iso	en-US
dc.subject	Samoa history Mau rebellion
dc.subject.lcsh	Samoan Islands—Description and travel
dc.subject.lcsh	Samoan Islands—history—19th century—sources
dc.subject.lcsh	Samoan Islands—history—sources
dc.subject.lcsh	Samoan Islands—Politics and government—19th century—sources
dc.title	Modern transcription and vendor's catalog description: Autograph letter signed, dated Sept. 9, 1880 on board the USS Alaska, describing a visit to the Samoan Islands
dc.type	Letter
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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Name:: Hiland transcription.pdf
Size:: 574.66 KB
Format:: Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:: Transcription (both transcription and marginal notes are by an unknown author)

Name:: vendor catalog description.pdf
Size:: 1.01 MB
Format:: Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:: Item description as printed in the catalog of Robert H. Rubin Books, Catalog Sixty-Nine (2014-2015)

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