1 10 1 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 The Friend (1843-1910) Subject The topic of the resource Temperance -- Newspapers. Sailors -- Hawaii -- Newspapers. Christians -- Hawaii -- Newspapers. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource <h2 style="text-align: center;">The Friend</h2> <div><img src="http://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/d2dc67f21441a9f6c6b9c7f408734af3.jpg" width="471" height="228" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br /><br /></div> Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon was sent by the American Seamen’s Friend Society to be chaplain in Honolulu. The Damons sailed from New York March 10, 1842 aboard the Victoria, Captain Spring, and arrived in Honolulu October 19, 1842. He was the pastor of the Bethel Union Church, Seamen's Chapel for 42 years and was the publisher and editor of the periodical The Friend from 1843 — 1885, when he retired. <br /><br />The first issue was published in Jan. 1843, originally under the name Temperance Advocate, then as Temperance Advocate and Seamen’s Friend, with the Advocate and Friend being published as an extra, then as The Friend of Temperance and Seamen, with The Friend as an extra, and finally simply as The Friend, beginning January 1, 1845. <br /><br />From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. <br /><br />The Friend began as a monthly newspaper for seamen, which included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. Rev. Damon published between a half million and a million copies of The Friend, most of which he personally distributed. Because of its longevity, The Friend is an excellent resource for scholars of nineteenth-century Hawaiian history. 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 The Friend (1843-1910) Citation Information Description An account of the resource <strong>Preferred Citation</strong> <br />Author (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article Title. The Friend, volume number(issue number), pp. xx-xx. Collections of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Friend Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1843-1910 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