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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1831_Undated_Kanaina-Chamberlain2
Date of Letter:
1831
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Mikamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina submits the name of a woman to Mr. Chamberlain for inclusion in the
Bible study group.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Mi Kamalani
E Mikamalani
e ia mai ke ia wahine
manao e komo i ka poaha. O Mai kainoa.
Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
Charles Kanaina
1831 [Archivist's note, in pencil]
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Mr. Chamberlain
O Mr. Chamberlain,
Here is this woman who hopes to join the Poaha. Her name is Mai.
Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
Charles Kanaina
1831 [Archivist's note, in pencil]
Notes:

�1. Mi Kamalani/Mikamalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second
company of missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and
served as a missionary 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. Charles Kanaina - Charles Kanaʻina was a man of chiefly lineage who married
Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi. Their son, Willian Charles Lunalilo, became the
sixth monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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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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