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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
1838_Sep25_Kinau-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
September 25, 1838
From:
Kaahumanu II [Elizabeth Kīnaʻu, Kaʻahumanu II]
To:
Kamalena [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Kīnaʻu invites Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain to have tea at Halekauila.
Typescript:
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[Letter Cover]
[Written in a different hand]
Kaahumanu II.
Invitation Sept 26
Na Kamalena [Name added in the hand of letter writer]
1838.
Na Binamu
Aloha oe e Mi Kamalena
a me Mi Kamalena wahine.
E hele mai olua e
inu ki i ko'u wahi ma ke
ahiahi o kal la apopo hora
eono Na Kaahumanu II
Halekauila Sepatemaba 25
Translation:
[Page 1 of 1]
[Letter Cover]
Kaahumanu II.
Invitation September 26, 1838
For Chamberlain

�Greetings to you, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain,
Do come, both of you. and drink tea at my place tomorrow evening at six.
From Kaahumanu II
Halekauila September 25
Notes:
1. Mi Kamalena - 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. Kaahumanu II - Kīna‘u was a high-ranking daughter of Kamehameha and an early
convert to Christianity. She married Mataio Kekūanāoʻa in 1827 and two of their sons
became sovereigns, Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V. In 1832, she became known
as Kaʻahumanu II when she assumed the role of Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands, a
position she held until her death in 1839.

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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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