https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/e11e61836ed2a066e043935a06925d75.pdf ad1f5f39d2dcb3064fb3f3d0c1005e06 PDF Text Text ���Part of Letter Reference: 1837_various-various Letter Reference: 1837_Jun17_Kauikeaouli-Jones Date of Letter: June 17, 1837 From: Kauikeaouli To: John Jones Content Summary: Kauikeaouli’s response to Jones' letter (June 16, 1837) denying accusations that Jones had made, and further explaining events that led up to the current situation. [Page 21 of 34] Translation Kauwila House, June 17 1837 Mr. J.C. Jones Sir, I have received your letter of the 16th. I have heard your letter which has been read to me. I consider your declaration to me incorrect, in which you say, “I have given permission to W. Walsh to open a Catholic church for the use of foreigners who may wish to attend” such a service. It is not so. I consider your declaration to me incorrect in which you say that I stated to you that I was willing to allow those Frenchmen to come again on shore, which I did not & also your declaration to me, that I stated that this is the [Page 22 of 34] same as stealing a vessel. I by no means allowed to you that it was Piracy. Your statements to me are not correct. All the statements of your letter which �has been read to me became of no account, for out of your own mouth it is made of no account by the declaration of your letter to me thus, “that sometime previous to the return of Kinau from Maui, Mr. French hired the vessel of Mr. Jules Dudoit, but your former declaration to me on the twenty third of the month of May is different. This is the statement that will convince you. “On or about the tenth day of the present month, Mr. William French, a citizen of the United States residing & doing business on the island of Oahu, chartered of W. Jules Dudoit, the English Brig Clementine.["] There then your statements are incorrect, for Kinau arrived here at Oahu from Maui on the thirtieth of April, & on the first day of May Kinau had an interview with Mr. Bachelot & Mr. Jules Dudoit & Mr. Richard Charlton. Now unless you immediately recede from all these your incorrect statements, my correspondence with you on this business can proceed no further; it is ended. I am about to sail. But our injunction from the time it was given [Page 23 of 34] by Kekuanaoa to Capt Handley & to Mr. Dudoit the owner of the Clementine, which was the 18th day of April, that the vessel should depart, together with Messrs.” Bachelot & Short, still stands firm. Those two men are not my prisoners of state, but their departure from my dominions is what I have ordered them. This you will make known to William French, the American citizen, that he may know that Mr. Dudoit & his vessel, & those who have gone on board the vessel, viz Messrs “Bachelot & Short are at perfect liberty to sail from my dominions. There is non of us to hinder his proceeding with the Clementine on his voyage. Yours, &c Kamehameha III Notes: �1. J.C. Jones - U.S. Captain John Coffin Jones was appointed U.S. consular agent to Hawaiʻi in 1820. 2. W. Walsh - Mr. Walsh - Rev. Robert Walsh, an Irish priest, opened a Catholic church for foreigners in Honolulu in 1836. 3. Kinau - Elizabeth Kīna‘u was a high-ranking daughter of Kamehameha and an early convert to Christianity. Five years prior to this letter, she became known as Kaʻahumanu II when she assumed the role of Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands from 1832-1839. 4. Mr. William French - Mr. French was an American citizen residing on Oʻahu and doing business in the Hawaiian Islands. 5. Jules Dudoit - Mr. Jules Dudoit was French consul in Hawaiʻi at the time of this letter and apparently the owner of the ship Clementine. 6. Clementine - A ship owned by Mr. Dudoit and under the command of Mr. Handley. 7. Mr. Richard Charlton - Richard Charlton was a businessman and had been named the English Consul in Hawaiʻi. 8. 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 18341868. He served as a member of the House of Nobles and Privy Council, and went on to become the 6th Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands. 9. Capt. Handley - Captain Handly was the commanding officer of the ship Clementine. 10. Messrs. Bachelot & Short - Two Catholic priests, Alexis Bachelot and Patrick Short, who were forced to remain on the ship Clementine. having been expelled from the country. 11. Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli, also known as Kamehameha III, was the second royal son of Kamehameha Paiʻea. Kauikeaouli ruled the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1825 to 1854. � 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 - 1837.06.17 - to Jones, John Coffin Description An account of the resource Kauikeaouli’s response to Jones' letter (June 16, 1837) denying accusations that Jones had made, and further explaining events that led up to the current situation. 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 1837-06-17