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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1841_Oct10_Kekuanaoa-Hall
Date of Letter:
October 10, 1841
From:
Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanaoʻa]
To:
Mika Holo [Mr. E. O. Hall]
Content Summary:
Kekūanaoʻa informs Mr. Hall that he may pick up documents from a ship.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Hale kauila Octoba 10 1841
Aloha oe e Mika Holo
o kii i kou palapala
i ka moku o Mika pulua no ka mea ua olelo
mai nei o Dauta Iada a
me Daula Wood ^ia'u aohe mai o ia moku nolaila
o kii i na palapala
a oukou Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
Oct. 9. 1841.
Na Mika Hall
Honolulu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Hale Kauila October 10, 1841
Greetings to you, Mr. Hall,

�You may pick up your documents on the ship of Mr. Pulua because Doctor Judd and Doctor
Wood have informed me that there is no sickness on that ship, so do go get your people's
documents. Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
Oct. 9. 1841.
For Mika Hall
Honolulu
Notes:

1. Hale kauila - A government meeting house made of kauila wood that once stood near the
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fort in Honolulu.
Date - The date in the letter (Oct. 10) and that on the cover (Oct. 9) are different, so the
letter’s date is used here.
Mika Holo - Mr. Hall - Edwin Oscar Hall came to Hawaiʻi with the seventh company of
missionaries and ran the missionary press.
Mika pulua - Mr. Pulua. This reference is to the captain of a ship carrying documents for
Mr. Hall. The ship, having been deemed safe from illness, could be boarded.
Dauta Jada - Dr. Gerrit Parmele Judd, known as Kauka, was a member of the 3rd
company of missionaries, arriving in Hawaiʻi in 1828. A medical doctor by training, he
became an important advisor to the king and the government, holding a number of
official positions and resigning from the mission in 1842.
Daula Wood - Doctor Wood (Possibly G.W. Wood) was a doctor in the kingdom who
eventually established an office on Beretania Street in Honolulu and served as the
government’s medical officer for a time.
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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