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He left England in 1832 in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company and was stationed on a post on the Columbia River for about two years.
During that time he studied and investigated the natural history and collected materials to prepare a complete geognostic monograph of the vast district bordering on the Columbia. Unfortunately attacks of the disease which ultimately proved fatal sapped his strength and defeated all his plans.
Dr. Gairdner came to the Islands hoping the climate would prove beneficial, but he continued to fail and died March 26, 1837 in Honolulu.
He left a bequest of some $400 to $500 for the benefit of orphan children of the Islands.
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