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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1854_Jul07_Kekuanaoa-Cooke
Date of Letter:
July 7, 1854
From:
M. Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Castle &amp; Cooke [Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Kekūanāoʻa sends Pāhau, his carpenter, to Castle &amp; Cooke to buy hinges and hooks.
Typescript:
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Aloha oe e Castle &amp; Cooke
Eia mai o Pahau kuu kamana ke hele
akula e nana i ami kui a me ona lou, nana
e nana a kana mea e makemake ai, me
ka uku oluolu nae.
Me ka mahalo
Haliimaile
M. Kekuanaoa
7 Iulai 1,854
[Letter Cover]
Castle &amp; Cooke
Honolulu
Translation:
Greetings to you, Castle &amp; Cooke
Here is my carpenter, Pahau, coming to look for hinges, nails and hooks. He will look for
what he wants, for a reasonable price, of course.
With gratitude,
Haliimaile
M. Kekuanaoa
July 7, 1854
[Letter cover]
Castle &amp; Cooke

�Honolulu
Notes:
1. Castle &amp; Cooke - This is the name of a mercantile company owned by Samuel Northrup
Castle and Amos Starr Cooke. The business sold goods and equipment of all sorts.
2. Pahau - Pāhau is identified as a carpenter working for Mataio Kekūanāoʻa.
3. 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.

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              <text>Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives </text>
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