...e until the supply was exhausted and a drug on the Canton market. The brig Thaddeus, commanded by Capt. A. Blanchard of Medford, carrying the first missionaries, had landed at the Hawaiian Islands. Captain William Hall of Medford, who afterwards commanded several Medford ships, made his first voyage as cabin boy on the Thaddeus and wrote home a vivid account of the landing. They were received by the chiefs and di...