Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 22 April 1858; - for, "Copies of Any Memorials or Representations from Mr. W. P. Snow, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Relative to His Removal from the Command of the ' Allan Gardner,' by Order of the Authorities at the Falkland Islands, and of Any Report Received from Them," and of Any Correspondence "In Reference Thereto." Colonial Office, 18 May 1858. Carnarvom. [Caption Title]

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Published by London Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1858, 1858

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iv,30,[2]pp. Folio, sewn as-issued. Covers a bit dust soiled with old tide line along bottom third of front cover. good to very good Snow was named commander of the 'Allen Gardiner' sent to establish a misison station on one of the West Falkland Islands, for the settlement of Fuegians, in response to the news of the death of Allen Gardiner and his Patagonian Mission in 1851 and his idea to establish a Mission on Keppel Island to teach a number of Patagonians English and prepare them as interpreters for future missionaries who might settle among the Patagonians.

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• Title: Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 22 April 1858; - for, "Copies of Any Memorials or Representations from Mr. W. P. Snow, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Relative to His Removal from the Command of the ' Allan Gardner,' by Order of the Authorities at the Falkland Islands, and of Any Report Received from Them," and of Any Correspondence "In Reference Thereto." Colonial Office, 18 May 1858. Carnarvom. [Caption Title]
• Publisher: London Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1858
• Publication Date: 1858
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good to very good
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