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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1839_Aug01_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
August 1, 1839
From:
Chs Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Kemalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina requests of Mr. Levi Chamberlain a pair of shoes for his son, William Charles
Lunalilo.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Chs Kanaina
Aug. 1 1839
Na Kemalani
E Kemalani e, e
haawi mai oe i mau
kamaa no Lunalilo. ua
na haehae na wahi kamaa ona.
Aloha oe
na Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
[This archival English translation is part of the original file.]
Aug. 1, 1839
Mr. Chamberlain, give shoes to Lunalilo.
His shoes are torn.
Aloha to you,
Charles Kanaina
Translation:
[Page 1 of 1]
[Letter Cover]
Charles Kanaina
August 1, 1839
For Chamberlain

�Chamberlain,
Provide some shoes for Lunalilo. His own shoes are tattered.
Regards to you,
From Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
[An archival English translation that was part of the original file is included above and is not
duplicated here.]
Notes:
1. Chs 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.
2. 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.
3. Lunalilo - William Charles Lunalilo, the son of Charles Kanaʻina, was four years old at
the time of this letter and a student of the newly founded Chiefs' Children's School. He
later became the 6th king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

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