https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/860e203032f3017460561a5b6993674b.pdf 7a216c9466759f533e30bd35f02b96f1 PDF Text Text ������Part of Letter Reference: 1837_various-various Letter Reference: 1837_May23_Jones-Kauikeaouli Date of Letter: May 23, 1837 From: John Jones To: Kauikeaouli Content Summary: A letter from United States consul John Jones to Kauikeaouli concerning the complaint of an American citizen (Mr. William French) with regards to the seizure of the Brig Clementine. This file includes responses from Kauikeaouli, and letters between Kinaʻu and Jules Dudoit regarding the Hawaiian governments expulsion of two Catholic priests onboard the ship Clementine. Typescript: [Page 1 of 34] 44 No. 1 Official United States Consulate Sandwich Islands The undersigned, consul of the United States at the Sandwich Islands, feels it an imperative duty to represent to your Majesty that on or about the 10th day of the present month, Mr. William French, a citizen of the United States, residing & doing business upon the Island of Oahu, chartered of Mr. Jules Dudoit, the English Registered Brig Clementine to perform a voyage to the coast of California that in consequence he purchased a large amount of goods suitable for �that market & commenced loading the brig that on the twentieth day of the same month, he had embarked a proportion of said cargo & was proceeding to complete the lading of said vessel when he was apprised by Mr. Dudoit that the Clementine had been seized by the officers of government under your direction, & that himself & crew had abandoned the brig. Whether this illegal & unjustifiable proceeding has been sanctioned by your Majesty is not for the undersigned to say. It devolves upon him, however, officially to represent to your Majesty the facts of the case, & solemly to protest against an act so invasive of the right of an Amer[Page 2 of 34] ican citizen, so adverse to the spirit of the treaty now existing between your Majesty & the Republic of the United States, & so at variance with every principle of equity & justice. For the insult that have been offered to the Brisish Flag & the total violation of the treaty concluded between yourself & Lord Edward Russel on the part of the English government, you will no doubt be called on for redress by the Representative of that Nation. Any remark on that outrage would be improper & indelicate for the undersigned to make. He feels it incumbent on him only to state to you Majesty, that a large amount of property belonging to a citizen of the United States is now on board the Clementine, exposed to every risk, & that the said citizen has been presented by an unwarrantable act on the part of your Majesty’s government, from protecting his intended voyage, thereby sustaining a heavy & oppressive loss. In consequence therefore, it has become the solemn & imperious duty of the undersigned as the Representative of the United States of America to demand of your Majesty a full & ample reparation for all the losses & injuries which may or have resulted to the citizen of the United States which the undersigned has referred to & �[Page 3 of 34] also that such means immediately be adopted, as will enable him to proceed with the voyage he had designed, without further molestation or hindrances. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to offer to his Majesty the assurance of his respect & consideration. (Signed) John C. Jones Honolulu, Oahu, May 23 1837. To His Majesty King of the Sandwich Islands P.S. Enclosed is a copy of the protest made by Mr. French, which will be forwarded immediately to the government of the United Sates & to the comman der of the American Naval forces in the Pacific. (Signed): J.C.Jones By this public instrument of declaration & Protest, be it known unto all whom it may concern, that on the twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty-seven before the undersigned consul of the United States at the Sandwich Islands, personally came & appeared William French, a citizen of the United States; at [Page 4 of 34] present residing & doing business at Oahu, one of the Sandwich Islands, who declared for himself & all other interested with him, that whereas Jules Dudoit, master & owner of the English registered Brigantine called the Clementine, had by charter party let the said Brigantine unto the said appearer & those interested with him for a voyage with her, to be made from this port of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, to the coast of California, & back again to the said port of discharge. And whereas the said appearer having partly loaded the said Brigantine & was proceeding with all despatch to complete her �lading, & have her readiness to proceed to sea, he was on the twentieth day of aforesaid month notified & informed by Jules Dudoit that the aforesaid Brigantine had been seized by the authorities of the Sandwich Islands & abandoned by himself, officers & crew, & that consequently no more goods could be received on board, & himself was unable to comply with the terms of the charter party. Therefore the said appearer did allow declare to protest for himself & those interested with him, as he doth by these presents most solemnly protest [Page 5 of 34] as well against the said Jules Dudoit as all others whom it may or doth concern, for breach of the said charter party, for not receiving on board the goods of her lading & proceeding on the stipulated voyage, & for all costs, loss, damage, & detriment, which he or those interested wit him have already suffered or sustained, or shall or may hereafter suffer or sustain, by reason of the said Brigantine not receiving on board the goods of her cargo, & not departing & proceeding on her voyage as aforesaid, & for otherwise howsoever & for what else the said appearer or those interested, can, may or ought to protest, to recover all the same in time & place convenient. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this consuL.S. late at Oahu this twenty second day of May (1837) in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty seven. John C. Jones I the undersigned do declare that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate of protest have been clearly & distinctly read over to me the deponent, & that the same are right & true as the same [Page 6 of 34] are therein particularly alleged, declared, & set �forth. William French. United States Consulate, Sandwich Islands. The above sworn to before me by the appearer William French this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & thirty seven. John C. Jones Notes: 1. your Majesty - Kauikeaouli, also known as Kamehameha III, was the second royal son of Kamehameha Paiʻea. Kauikeaouli ruled the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1825 to 1854. Signing the letter as "King Kauikeaouli" may have intended to impress upon Kīnaʻu his authority to make his own decisions in the matter. 2. Mr. William French - Mr. William French was an American citizen who chartered the brig Clementine from Jules Dudoit to transport goods to the coast of California. 3. Mr. Jules Dudoit - Captain Jules Dudoit arrived in Hawaiʻi in 1837 and was appointed the Consular agent for France. 4. English Registered Brig Clementine - The Clementine was owned by Captain Jules Dudoit, it was the vessel that returned the banished papal missionaries to Hawaiʻi in 1837 after their banishment in 1831. 5. Treaty between your majesty & the Republic of the United States - This is a reference to a treaty signed between Captain Thomas Catesby Jones and Kaʻahumanu, Kālaimoku, Boki, Hoapili and Lidia Namahana on behalf of the Hawaiian Kingdom on December 23, 1826. 6. Lord Edward Russel - Lord Edward Russell was the captain of HMS Actaeon, who signed a treaty with Kamehameha III, Kauikeaouli, on November 16, 1836 regarding the rights of British subjects in Hawaiʻi. 7. Treaty with the English Government - This is a reference to a treaty signed between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands on November 16, 1836. 8. John C. Jones - U.S. Captain John Coffin Jones was appointed U.S. consular agent to Hawaiʻi in 1820. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kauikeaouli - Ali`i Letters - 1837.05.23 - from Jones, John Coffin Description An account of the resource A letter from United States consul John Jones to Kauikeaouli concerning the complaint of an American citizen (Mr. William French) with regards to the seizure of the Brig Clementine. This file includes responses from Kauikeaouli, and letters between Kinau and Jules Dudoit regarding the Hawaiian governments expulsion of two Catholic priests onboard the ship Clementine. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Pacific Islands Missions Records, 1819-1960 (ABC 19.1-19.7). Houghton Library, Harvard University. Used by permission of Wider Church Ministries Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kauikeaouli Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Puakea Nogelmeier Translated by Awaiaulu Foundation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837-05-23