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Meredith Gairdner (1809-March 25, 1837)

In the fall of 1832, Meredith Gairdner, a young Scots doctor, journeyed south from his home in Edinburgh to Kew, home to the Royal Horticultural Society’s collection of plant specimens on the outskirts of…

Meredith Gairdner

In the fall of 1832, Meredith Gairdner, a young Scots doctor, journeyed south from his home in Edinburgh to Kew, home to the Royal Horticultural Society’s collection of plant specimens on the outskirts of London. He had studied…

Sketch by Clarissa Armstrong of the first Mission Station on Molokai.

Written on back:
"First Mission Station at Molokai, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock for many years, commenced 1832."