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A ship twenty-four feet wide and eight-five feet long, took the first missionaries to Hawaii, including Reverend Hiram Bingham. It took a 164 day route from Massachusetts, Boston to the Hawaiian Islands.
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…

This is a letter sent by Arthur Sleigh to the secretary of state for the colonies proposing the creation of a post office mail route to be set up in British Columbia, and requesting funding for it. He proposes a system based on ponies and horses to…

This image shows a group of 7 First Nation people searching for gold in the Fraser River. Both men and women are active in the search for gold on the river beds. The Author is described as the British Columbia Provincial secretary, suggesting that…