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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
Undated_Ii-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
Undated
From:
John Ii [John Papa ʻĪʻī]
To:
Mr. Chamberlain [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
John ʻĪʻī writes to Mr. Chamberlain regarding four dollars given to ʻĪʻī for female
retainers.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Mr. Chamberlain,
He wahi manao ko'u ia oe, i ka'u
mau wahi kala ^eha a olua i haawi mai ^ai ia'u
no ko maua mau wahi ohua wahine i koe,
i paewaewa ^oe ninau ae ia Bingham, o ko'u
wahi manaoia ia oe.
John Ii
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Mr.
Chamberlain
Kawaiaho
Oahu. Honolulu
Kauanonoula
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Mr. Chamberlain,
Here is my message to you about your four dollars that you two gave me for the
female retainers remaining with the two of us. If you are uncertain, ask Bingham. That is
my message to you.
John Ii
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Mr.
Chamberlain

�Kawaiahao
Oahu. Honolulu
Kauanonoula
Notes:
1. Mr. Chamberlain - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company
of missionaries. He was the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and
served as a missionary teacher.
2. Bingham - Rev. Hiram Bingham arrived in Hawaiʻi with the first company of
missionaries. He served as the first reverend at Kawaiahaʻo Church.
3. John Ii - John Papa ʻĪʻī began his service in the royal court as a childhood
attendant to Kalanikualiholiho, who became Kamehameha II. He continued to
serve the sovereigns of Hawaiʻi until his death in 1870.

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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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