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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
1838_Aug23_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
August 23, 1838
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Kemalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kana‘ina tells Mr. Levi Chamberlain to bring his wood to load on the Pa‘alua.
Typescript:
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[Cover Letter]
Charles Kanaina
Aug 23 1838
Na
Kemalani
Honolulu Augt 23/38
Aloha oe e
Kemalani. E lawe mai
paha au papa e hoouka i luna o Paalua,
a no. i na i pau ole
ea, waiho no kekahi
mau papa.
Charles Kanaina
Halekauila
Translation:
[Page 1 of 1]
[Cover Letter]
Charles Kanaina
August 23, 1838
For
Chamberlain
Honolulu August 23, 1838
Greetings to you, Chamberlain,

�You should probably bring your lumber to load on the Paalua right now. If it does not all
get on, some lumber will be left.
Charles Kanaina
Halekauila
Notes:
1. Kemalani – 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. Paalua – A Hawaiian interisland schooner.
3. Charles Kanaina – Charles Kanaʻina was a man of chiefly lineage who married Miriam
ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi. Their son, Willian Charles Lunalilo, was 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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