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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
1835_Dec30_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
December 30, 1835
From:
C. Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Mi. Kamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina writes Mr. Levi Chamberlain concerning shoes for David Kalākaua and Lot
Kapuāiwa.
Typescript:
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[Letter Cover]
Kanaina
Decr 30 1835.
Na Kemalani
E Mi Kamalani e,
e haawi mai oe i
na Kamaa pilikia a
David i hoo komo ai,
e hoo komo ae o Loka
a i ku ia ia ke kahi
paa hoo kahi nau
e uku aku ia oe i
kau mea e makemake ai.
C. Kanaina
Translation:
[Page 1 of 1]
[Letter Cover]
Kanaina
December 30, 1835.
For Chamberlain
[Page 1 of 1]
Mr. Chamberlain,

�Give me the troublesome shoes David tried on. Lot will try them and if the pair fits him, then just
one pair [will do]. I shall pay you the amount you would like.
C. Kanaina
Notes:
1. Mi Kamalani – 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. Davida – Davida is probably David Kalākaua, son of Kapaʻakea and Ane Keohokālole
and classmate with Lot at the Chiefs' Children's School. He later becomes the seventh
king of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
3. Loka – Lot Kapuāiwa, son of Mataio Kekūanāoʻa and Kīnaʻu, was a student of the
Chiefs' Children's School at the time of this letter. He later became the fifth ruler of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, known as Kamehameha V.
4. C. 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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