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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1841_Feb26_Kekauluohi-Cooke
Date of Letter:
February 26, 1841
From:
Kekauluohi [Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi]
To:
Mr Kuke [Mr. Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Miriam Kekāuluohi writes to Amos Starr Cooke sending regards to all the adults and children at
the Chiefs' Children's School who had recently returned from a trip around the island of Oʻahu.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe e Mr Kuke
a me Kuke wahine.
Ke aloha pakahi aku nei
au i na keiki E hai i ka'u
aloha ia Mose, a me Lota,
a me Aredanazero, a me
William a Pauahi, a me
Vitoria a me na keiki [word lost in fold]
a pau. Ua lohe au i ko
oukou hoi ana mai, mai
ke kaapuni ana ia Oahu.
a ua hiki mai oukou
ma Honolulu, me ka maluhia, nolaila, nui ko'u aloha
ia oukou me na keiki a
kakou. aia no me oukou
ko'u aloha a pau.
Aloha oukou
me ka maluhia
Na'u na Kekauluohi
Lahaina Feberuari 26 = 1844

�[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina Feb 26/44
Recd 27th
Na Mr Kuke
Hale kula alii
Honolulu
Oahu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Cooke and Mrs. Cooke,
I send fond regards to each of the children. Please give my love to Moses, Lot,
Alexander, William, Pauahi, Victoria, and all the [word lost in fold]. I heard about all of you
returning from your trip around Oahu and having arrived safely back in Honolulu, so I felt great
affection for all of you and our children. All my love is with you folks.
Love to you all with peace,
From me, from Kekauluohi
Lahaina, February 26, 1844
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina February 26, 1842
Received 27th
For Mr Cooke
Chiefs' Children's School
Honolulu
Oahu
Notes:
1. Mr Kuke - Mr Cooke is Rev. Amos Starr Cooke, a member of the eighth company of
missionaries who was chosen to be the headmaster of the Chiefs' Children's School.
2. Kuke wahine - Mrs. Cooke was Juliette Montague Cooke, wife of Amos Starr Cooke,
who ran the Chiefs’ Children’s School alongside her husband.
3. Mose - This would refer to Moses Kekuāiwa, son of Kīnaʻu and Kekūanaoʻa.

�4. Lota - Lot Kapuāiwa was another son of Kīnaʻu and Kekūanaoʻa. He went on to become
Kamehameha V.
5. Aredanazero - This would be a Hawaiian spelling of Alexander, referring to Alexander
Liholiho, another son of Kekūanāoʻa and Kīnaʻu, who was also a student at the school.
6. William - William Charles Lunalilo was the son of Miriam Kekāuluohi and Charles
Kanaʻina and became the first monarch in the Hawaiian Kingdom to be elected by the
legislature under constitutional law.
7. Pauahi - Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the daughter of Laura Kōnia and Abner Pākī.
8. Vitoria - Victoria Kamāmalu was the daughter of Kīnaʻu and Kekūanāoʻa and went on to
become the Kuhina Nui (Regent or Premier) of the Hawaiian Kingdom, taking on the
name Kaʻahumanu IV.
9. Kekauluohi - Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi, mother of William Charles Lunalilo, became
the Kuhina Nui or regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1839, taking on the name
Kaʻahumanu III.

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