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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1837_Dec28_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
December 28, 1837
From:
Makaio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Mikamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Levi Chamberlain requesting a barrel of flour.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Dek 28 1837
E Mikamalani na'u
kahi pahu palaoa
i hoo kahi i kala kau
ina iole ia emakemake ole oe i kekala ikau mea makemake ai oe
e hai mai oe Na Makaio
Kekuanaoa
Halekauila
[Letter Cover]
Na Kemalani
Waiahao
[Page 2 of 2]
Kekuanaoa
Decr 18/37.
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
December 28, 1837
Mr. Chamberlain,

�I would like a barrel of flour - just one. I have money. If you do not want money, but
want something else, tell me.
From Mataio Kekuanaoa
Halekauila
[Letter Cover]
For Chamberlain
Waiahao
[Page 2 of 2]
Kekuanaoa
December 18, 1837.
Notes:
1. Mikamalani - 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. Makaio Kekuanaoa - Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was first married to Kalani
Pauahi and then to Elizabeth Kīnaʻu. He was the Royal Governor of the island of Oʻahu
from 1834-1868, a member of the House of Nobles and Privy Council, the 6th Kuhina
Nui (regent) and the father of Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V.

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