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                  <text>���Letter Reference:
1842_June27_Kekauluohi-Cooke
Date of Letter:
June 27, 1842
From:
Kekauluohi [Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi]
To:
Mr Kuke [Mr. Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Miriam Kekāuluohi writes to Mr. Amos Starr Cooke at the Chiefs’ Children’s School
acknowledging difficulties of the children and planning to meet on Oʻahu.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 3]
[Archivist’s note in a different hand]
Translated on p. 147 of
Chief's Children's School
Lahaina June 27 - 1.842
Aloha oe e Mr Kuke
Ua loaa mai ia'u
kau palapala a ua ike au
i na olelo maloko. No ka pilikia o kekahi mau keiki a kaua
a me ka nawaliwali o kau
wahine, Aloha ino oukou –
Ua kokoke nae i ko maua
manawa e holo aku ai a halawai kakou he maka he maka
no ka mea i ka la 13, o Iulai,
komo ka hale pule malaila
ia manawa paha kakou e
halawai ai.
Ke noho nei no makou me
ke aloha ia oukou, a me ka pule
i ke Akua i kahi malu no

�oukou a no makou no hoi –
Eia keia aole he haunaele o
makou e noho nei, he maikai
wale no
Aloha oe a me na keiki a
kaua a me kau wahine
Kekauluohi
[Page 2 of 3]
[Letter Cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina June 27/42
Recd 29th
[Archivist's note in another hand.]
(Translated)
Na
Mr Kuke
Halekula'lii
Honolulu
Oahu
[Page 3 of 3]
[English translation was part of the original file. A typescript of that translation is included here,
followed by a new translation generated by the Awaiaulu MHM Project 2016]
[Archival Translation]
Lahaina, June 27th, 1842
Greetings to you, Mr. Cooke. I received your letter and have noted its contents concerning the
illness troubles of some of our children and the illness of your wife. Much love to you all.
It is almost time for us two to go and meet you face to face, for on July 13 I shall be in the
church there and at that time perhaps we shall meet.
We live with love to you and with prayer to God to give you peace and us also. There is no
disturbance here, only goodness.
Greetings to you and your children and your wife.
Kekauluohi
Translation:
[Page 1 of 3]
Lahaina June 27 — 1842
Greetings to you, Mr. Cooke

�I have received your letter and have seen the message within regarding the trouble of
some of our children as well as the infirmity of your wife; intense regard to you all.
The time is approaching when we two will sail there and all of us can meet face to face,
for on the 13th of July, the church opens and perhaps then we will all meet together.
We abide with great affection for you all and pray to God for protection over all of you
and for all of us as well. Also, there is no disturbance in our lives and all is well.
Regards to you, our children and to your wife.
Kekauluohi
[Page 2 of 3]
[Letter cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina June 27/42
Recd 29th
[Archivist’s note in another hand]
(Translated)
For
Mr Cooke
Chiefs’ Children’s School
Honolulu
Oahu
[Page 3 of 3]
[An English translation was part of the original file and is typescripted above.]
Notes:
1. Mr Kuke - Mr. Cooke is Rev. Amos Starr Cooke, a member of the eighth company of
missionaries that arrived in Honolulu in 1837. He was chosen to become the headmaster
of the Chiefs’ Children’s School.
2. Kekauluohi - Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi, mother of William Charles Lunalilo, became
the Kuhina Nui or Co-Regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1839, taking on the name
Kaʻahumanu III.

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