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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1839_Aug12_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
August 12, 1839
From:
Mataio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Kamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa asks Mr. Levi Chamberlain for payment regarding the ship Piʻia.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Honolulu Aukake. 12. 1839
Aloha oe e Kamalani
ehaawi mai oe ina Dala a piia
iholo aku nei ihawaii hoo kahi
haneli Dala - - - - $100
Na Mataio Kekuanaoa
[In another hand]
Aug 12 1839
Paid the above by order on
Ladd &amp; Co. delivered to Paahana.
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoas
order Aug. 12 1839
$100.00
Na Kamalani
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Honolulu, August 12, 1839
Greetings to you, Chamberlain,
You should give me the funds for the Piia having recently sailed to Hawaii, one
hundred dollars. - - - - $100
From Mataio Kekuanaoa
[In another hand]

�Aug 12 1839
Paid the above by order on Ladd &amp; Co. delivered to Paʻahana.
[Cover Letter]
Kekuanaoa's
order Aug. 12 1839
$100.00
For Chamberlain
Notes:
1. Kamalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain came with the second company of missionaries
and served as the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission, as well as a
missionary teacher.
2. Piia - The Piʻia was an interisland sailing vessel named in honor of Lydia Piʻia
Nāmāhana, sister of Kaʻahumanu and wife of Gidiona Laʻanui.
3. Mataio 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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