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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1831_Mar24_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
March 24, 1831
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Kamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding two candidates for the
Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Kamalani
Ke haawi aku nei au ia oe
e komo laua i ka poaha, he mau
hau mana kahiko no na'u, he
mau kanaka no no maua. Ua ma
opopo ia'u laua.
o Kekuamanoha kai noa o ke kahi
o Kawau, kai noa o ke kahi
Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kanaina
March 24 1831
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Chamberlain,
I am giving to you, so that the two of them can join the Poaha, some long time
students of mine, subjects of ours. I know the two of them. Kekuamanoha [name crossed
out] is the name of one and Kawau is the name of the other.
Charles Kanaina
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kanaina
March 24, 1831

�Notes:
1. Kamalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and served as a
missionary teacher.
2. poaha - The Po‘ahā, lit. Thursday, is a reference to the Bible study meetings, held
on Thursdays, that prepared one for baptism and membership in the church
congregation.
3. Charles Kanaina - Charles Kanaʻina was a man of chiefly lineage who married
Miriam ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi. Their son, Willian Charles Lunalilo, was the sixth
monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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              <text>Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives </text>
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