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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1841_Mar24_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
March 24, 1841
From:
M. Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Kamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Levi Chamberlain about purchasing yeast.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe e Kamalani,
E haawi mai oe i hoohu
palaoa na'u e holo anau
i Maui i na iloaa mai e hai
mai oe ike kala a'u e haawi
aku ai ia oe i wa kalua
paona hoohu a'u
Na M. Kekuanaoa
[Letter Cover]
Na Kamalani
[Page 2 of 2]
Kekuanaoa
March 24 1841
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Chamberlain,
Provide me with some yeast. I will be sailing to Maui, [so] if you have it, tell me
how much money I should send you for my twenty pounds of yeast.
From M. Kekuanaoa
[Letter Cover]
For Chamberlain
[Page 2 of 2]
Kekuanaoa
March 24 1841

�Notes:
1. 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.
2. M. 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.
3. hoohu palaoa - This refers to cultivated yeast which was a trade item.

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