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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
1859_Oct06_Kanaina-Cooke
Date of Letter:
October 6, 1859
From:
C Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Mika Kuke [Mr. Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina writes to Amos Starr Cooke explaining that he cannot provide funds as
requested.
Typescript:
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Mika Kuke
Aloha oe
Ke hai aku nei
a'u ia oe no kou hoouna
ana mai nei i kau keiki
i Dala no laila,
Ke hoole aku nei a'u
Aohe Dala e haawi aku
ai
Me ka Mahalo
Honolulu
C Kanaina
Octoba 6/59
Translation:
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Mr. Cooke,
Greetings to you,
I am responding to you regarding you sending your boy to get money.
Regarding that, I am refusing, having no money to give.
with thanks
Honolulu
C Kanaina
October 6, 1859

�Notes:
1. Mika Kuka - Mr. Amos Starr Cooke, a missionary with the eighth company. He
and his wife, Juliette Montague Cooke, ran the Chiefs’ Children’s School until
going into business in 1849, founding the company of Castle and Cooke in 1851.
2. C Kanaina - Charles Kanaʻina was a chief who served on both the Privy Council and in
the House of Nobles. He was also the father of the 6th monarch of the Kingdom of
Hawaii, William Charles Lunalilo.

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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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