American whaler Three Brothers visited Chatham Island, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

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An item referred to a statement of master Marcy of the whaler Napoleon who spoke the American whaler Three Brothers, ship, 384 tons, master Swain, of Nantucket, 600 barrels sperm on 8 February off Chatham Island, New Zealand.(1)

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1. Archipelago, officially named The Chatham Islands Territory, about 430 nautical miles east of South Island, New Zealand.

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