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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1831_Feb10_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
February 10, 1831
From:
Makaio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Mikamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain recommending a person to join the Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Bepeluwale 10
Aloha oe e Mikamalani eia mai
keia kanaka e komo i kapoaha.
ua hoi ke mai ikona ma nao ia maua o Kamokumaiakona inoa
Oahu
Na Makaio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
Feb.y 16 1831
Na Mikamalani
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
February 10,
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
Here is this person to join the Poaha. He/she expressed his/her intention to the two of us.
Kamokumaia is his/her name.
Oahu
By Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
February 16, 1831
For Mr. Chamberlain

�Notes:
1. Mikamalani - Levi Chamberlain arrived in Hawaiʻi with the second company of
missionaries in 1823. He served as the superintendent of secular affairs and was a
teacher.
2. poaha - The Po‘ahā, lit. Thursday, is a reference to the Bible study meetings, held on
Thursdays, that prepared one for baptism and membership in the church congregation.
3. mokumaia - The name of a person recommended by Kekūanāoʻa for the Poʻahā.
4. Makaio Kekuanaoa - Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was first married to Kalani
Pauahi and then to Iosepeta Kīnaʻu. He was a member of the royal court and held
important positions for the Hawaiian government throughout his life.

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