[3] She left Port Louis, Mauritius, on 26 April 1822, and arrived at the Cape of Good hope on 29 May.

The suspicion was that the vessel was Brougham, which had sailed from Port Louis with a cargo of wheat two weeks before John Palmer.

Lloyd's Register for 1823 showed John Palmer's master changing from Saunders to Clark, and her trade from Liverpool—Brazils to London—South Seas.

(or Elisha) Clark sailed from England on 3 September 1823, bound for the South Seas fishery.

Hoapili agreed to release the men on the understanding that Clark would land the women at Lahaina.

Before Clark returned to John Palmer the mate fired five 9-pounder shots towards the house of the missionary William Richards, some of which landed in the yard without doing serious damage.

[8] Kahekili, a local warrior, commanded a small battery on the walls of a fort at Lahaina.

[10] Captain Clark sailed from England on 21 July 1829, bound for the South Seas fishery.

[1] One source reports that Captain Kemp sailed from England on 30 January 1834, bound for Timor.

[1] However, a more detailed report has John Palmer being repaired in the East Country Dock, London, in the autumn of 1833, and having her timbers and sails treated with "Kyan's Patent Process", a process for protecting wood from decay that John Howard Kyan had patented in 1828.

[11] The occasion of the report was an investigation, and testimonial, for the efficacy of Kyan's wood treatment.

Captain R. Pattenden Lawrence sailed from England on 21 July 1837, bound for Timor and the seas off Japan.