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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
1837_Aug10_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
August 10, 1837
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kana‘ina]
To:
Levi Kemalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kana‘ina writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain for ship-building funds.
Typescript:
[Letter Cover]
Kanaina's
order for $30Augt 10 1837
Levi Kemalani
[Page 1 of 1]
E Levi Kemalani
e haawi mai oe
i mau Dala i
kana kolu, i me
kokua ae ai i
ka hana o kahi moku i
paa koke ae ai.
$3000Charles Kanaina
Translation:
[Letter Cover]
Kanaina’s
order for $30August 10, 1837
Levi Chamberlain
[Page 1 of 1]

�Levi Chamberlain,
Give me thirty dollars to help with the work on a ship so it will be completed soon.
$3000Charles Kanaina
Notes:
1. Levi Kemalani – Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and served as a
missionary teacher.
2. Kanaina – Charles Kana‘ina was an ali‘i of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i and also served on
the Privy Council and House of Nobles. He 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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