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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1842_Apr27_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
April 27, 1842
From:
Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Live Chamberlain [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa asks Mr. Levi Chamberlain to translate a letter.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
E Live Chamberlain
E unuhi mai oe
i keia palapala i ike au.
Kekuanaoa
Honolulu
Aperila 27- 1842
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
April 27 1842
Na
L Chamberlain
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Levi Chamberlain,
Translate this letter so that I may know.
Kekuanaoa
Honolulu
April 27, 1842

�[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
April 27, 1842
For
L Chamberlain
Notes:
1. Live Chamberlain - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and served as a missionary
teacher.
2. 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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