04 LETTEK OF INVITATION. 
following warm and hearty invitation, signed 
by thirteen of the female inhabitants, in the 
name of all of their sex on the island : 
"Pitcairn, July 28th, 1851. 
" HONOURABLE SIR, From the kind inte- 
rest you have evinced for our little commu- 
nity in the letter which you have sent our 
excellent and worthy Pastor, Mr. Nobbs, we 
are emboldened to send you the following 
request, which is that you will visit us 
before you leave this station ; or if it is 
impossible for you to do so, certainly we, as 
loyal subjects of our gracious Queen, ought 
to be visited annually, if not more, by one of 
her ships of war. 
"We have never had the pleasure of 
welcoming an English Admiral to our little 
Island, and we therefore earnestly solicit a 
visit from you. How inexpressibly happy 
shall we be if you should think fit to grant 
this our warmest wish. We trust that our 
very secluded and isola.ted position, and the 
very few visits we have of late had from 
British ships of war, will be sufficient apology 
for addressing the above request to you. 
With fervent prayers, for your present and 
