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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1831_July15_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
July 15, 1831
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Mikamalani [Mr. Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding a candidate for the Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kamalani
E Mikamalani e, eia mai
keia kanaka
no'u, makemake e komo ika
Poaha.
Charles Kanaina
Kanikalio
[Page 2 of 2]
Kanaina
July 15
1831 [Archivist's note in another hand]
[Names written upside down in pencil]
Kahaae
Lohe
Kauhane
Paahana
O Kanui
O Keka
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain,

�Here is this subject of mine who wants to join the Poaha.
Charles Kanaina
Kanikalio
[Page 2 of 2]
Kanaina
July 15
1831 [Archivist's note in another hand]
[Names written upside down in pencil were crossed out and are not included in
translation.]
Notes:
1. Mikamalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries. He was the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and
served as a missionary teacher.
2. poaha - 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.
4. Kanikalio - This person is identified only as a subject of Kanaʻina who intends to
join the Poʻahā.

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