The Rodolph was originally from San Francisco, having touched at the Navigator's and Friendly Islands. where she was purchased by the French Mission, at Samoa, and will now be wholly employed in their service. She has put in here for repairs, stores, &e. At Wallis' Island, which was the last the vessel touched at the natives reported that a trading vessel. which sailed a few days prior to the arrival of the Rodolph, stated that three brigs from San Francisco, bound to Sydney, had been wrecked on some adjacent reefs. They were unable to give their names or any further particulars of their loss.

SG & SGTL Vol 8 pages 7 - 8 ; 1851

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