Early Relations between the United States and China. S3 



1792.-^ His was a visionary disposition as was shown in his 

 purchase of lands from the Indians.-* His career was ended some 

 time later on the Hawaiian Islands by accidental death. -^ 



About a month after the first return of the "Columbia" to 

 America, Joseph Ingraham, her former mate,"^ left Boston as 

 master of the brigantine "Hope."^' He was partly financed by 

 the young Thomas H. Perkins, who had learned of the trade 

 from the "Columbia" while at Canton in January of that year.-* 

 On his way out he touched at the Marquesas Islands, and a few 

 days later sighted five islands which he did not find on his charts, 



^A letter from him dated Macao, March 28, 1792, Consular Letters, 

 Canton, I, shows that he was there at that date, and he probably arrived 

 in the latter part of 1791, or very early in 1792. 



"* Bancroft, N. W. Coast, 1:253. He cites Hall J. Kelley, Disc, of 

 N. W. Coast, where the deeds are copied. 



"' Delano, Voyages, pp. 399, 400, says that he was killed accidentally by 

 a salute fired in his honor by an English commander. Foster, American 

 Diplomacy in the Orient, Boston and New York, 1904, p. 99, says that 

 he died in 1793, possibly copying from Robert Greenhow, A History of 

 Oregon and California and the other Territories on the Northwest Coast 

 of America, Boston, 1844, p. 228, where the same statement is made. 

 Bancroft shows that this date is probably false (Hist, of N. W. Coast, 

 1:297) placing it in 1796, a conjecture given color by the fact that Van- 

 couver found the "Washington" at Nootka Sept. 2, 1794. (George 

 Vancouver. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and 

 Round the World. 3 vols. London, 1798. 3:300.) His death was 

 probably late in 1795 or very early in 1796, as on May 28, 1796, John 

 Howell wrote from Manila in regard to settling up his estate. (MS. 

 letter in State Dept, Washington.) This letter, which shows his estate 

 $17,717 in debt to Howell, and his own report of March, 1792, which 

 shows him $10,000 in debt, bear out what has been said about his visionary 

 nature. 



'"Joseph Ingraham, Journal of the Voyage of the Brigantine Hope, 

 from Boston to the North West Coast of America. 1790-1792. MS. in 

 Library of Congress. Bancroft, Hist, of N. W. Coast, i : 252, says that 

 he was mate of the "Lady Washington." Either Bancroft is in error, 

 or Ingraham was mate on the latter vessel at an earlier date. 



^He sailed Sept. 16, 1790. Ingraham, Voyage of Hope, Greenhow, 

 pp. 226-228, and Callahan, p. 18; the last two of whom take their accounts 

 from the manuscript journal, are where the accounts for the voyage are 

 found. The first is to be preferred as a source. 



^^Cary (son-in-law of Perkins) in N. Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg., 

 10: 201-211. 



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