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us in his own blood. To Him be glory for 
ever and ever. Amen. 
" LOUISA QUINTAL." 
" Pitcairn's Island, South Pacific Ocean, 
Lat. 25 4' S., Long. 130 8' W. 
" Sept. 26th, 1844. 
" REVEREND AND HONOURED SIR, Please 
to accept my humble thanks for the interest 
you are pleased to take in our welfare, and 
also for the presents you and our other 
friends in Valparaiso have sent us ; and may 
they and you be rewarded a thousandfold 
both in a temporal and spiritual sense. And 
may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the fellowship of the 
Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 
" I am, Reverend Sir, 
" Your grateful servant, 
" MIRIAM CHRISTIAN." 
From the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn's 
Island to the Rev. Mr. Wm. Armstrong. 
"Pitcairn's Island, April 6th, 1848. 
" DEAR FRIEND, Long have I heard of 
you, though not acquainted with you, but 
have often heard of your friendship towards 
