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"(Signed) JOHN HATTERAS, Commander of the Forward "DR. CLAWBONNY "ALTAMONT, Commander of the Porpoise "JOHNSON, Boatswain "BELL, Carpenter." "And now, friends, come to table," said the Doctor, merrily. SIGNED JOHN HATTERAS COMMANDER OF THE FORWARD DOCTOR CLAWBONNY ALTAMONT COMMANDER OF THE PORPOISE JOHNSON BO'SUN BELL CARPENTER AND NOW FRIENDS COME TO TABLE SAID THE DOCTOR MERRILY
land was ascertained; so the Doctor and Altamont set to work with their instruments, and found that the exact latitude of the grotto was 89° 59' 15". The longitude was of little importance, for all the meridians blended a few hundred feet higher. The 90° of lat. was then only about three quarters of a mile off, or just about the summit of the volcano. When the result was communicated to Hatteras, he desired that a formal document might be drawn up to attest the fact, and two copies made, one of which should be deposited on a cairn on the island. Clawbonny was the scribe, and indited the following document, a copy of which is now among the archives of the Royal Geographical Society of London:-- "On this 11th day of July, 1861, in North latitude 89° 59' 15" was discovered Queen's Island at the North Pole, by Captain Hatteras, Commander of the brig Forward of Liverpool, who signs this, as also all his companions. "Whoever may find this document is requested to forward it to the Admiralty.  THAT THE EXACT LATITUDE OF THE GROTTO WAS EIGHTY NINE DEGREES FIFTY NINE MINUTES FIFTEEN SECONDS THE LONGITUDE WAS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE FOR ALL THE MERIDIANS BLENDED A FEW HUNDRED FEET HIGHER THE NINETY DEGREES OF LATITUDE WAS THEN ONLY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OFF OR JUST ABOUT THE SUMMIT OF THE VOLCANO WHEN THE RESULT WAS COMMUNICATED TO HATTERAS HE DESIRED THAT A FORMAL DOCUMENT MIGHT BE DRAWN UP TO ATTEST THE FACT AND TWO COPIES MADE ONE OF WHICH SHOULD BE DEPOSITED IN A KERN ON THE ISLAND CLAWBONNY WAS THE SCRIBE AND INDITED THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT A COPY OF WHICH IS NOW AMONG THE ARCHIVES OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON ON THIS ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE IN NORTH LATITUDE EIGHTY NINE DEGREES FIFTY NINE MINUTES FIFTEEN SECONDS WAS DISCOVERED QUEEN'S ISLAND AT THE NORTH POLE BY CAPTAIN HATTERAS COMMANDER OF THE BRIG FORWARD OF LIVERPOOL WHO SIGNS THIS AS ALSO ALL HIS COMPANIONS WHOEVER MAY FIND THIS DOCUMENT IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD IT TO THE ADMIRALTY
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