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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1830_Nov10_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
November 10, 1830
From:
Makaio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Mikamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding a student who wishes to
join the Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe E Mikamalani,
eia mai keia mea makemake, e komo ma ka poaha,
o kau mau haumana keia.
o waimanalo, o Hanuu ka
inoa, ke kumu o Buahiki
Na Makaio Kekuanaoa.
[Page 2 of 2]
[Cover Letter]
Kekuanaoa
Nov 10 1830
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
Here is this person who wishes to join the Poaha. These are my students from
Waimanalo. Hanuu is the person's name, the teacher is Buahiki.
From Makaio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Cover Letter]
Kekuanaoa
November 10, 1830
Notes:

�1. Mikamalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and a missionary
teacher.
2. Hanuu, Buahiki - Hanuu is referenced as requesting to join the Poʻahā and
Buahiki is mentioned as being the teacher in Waimānalo.
3. Kekuanaoa - Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was first married to Kalani
Pauahi and then to Elizabeth Kīnaʻu. He was a member of the royal court and
served in many important positions in the Hawaiian government throughout his
life.

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              <text>Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives </text>
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