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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1839_Oct05_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
October 5, 1839
From:
Mataio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoa]
To:
Mi Kamalani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Levi Chamberlain regarding the cost of cargo and passage
on the Paʻalua.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Honolulu Okakopa 5 1839
Aloha oe e Mi Kamalani
Ua hoi mai nei Paalua i ke ia la
Eia na wa^iwai akala i holo aku
nei ma Paalua. elua kanaka, elua wahine hookahi kaikama hine
elua haole okalaka me kakaawahine
eia na waiwai hoo kahi kanaha
waiwai ia lo ia aku ma Paalua
eia ke ia o na kala o ke ia mau
waiwai kau e haawi mai ia waiwai
i ke kapena ehia kala no ke ia
mau waiwai ame na kanaka
ame na wahine. e hai mai oe iau
Na Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
Oct. 4 1839
Na Mikamalani
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Honolulu, October 5, 1839
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,

�The Paalua has returned today. Here are the goods and monies that sailed on the
Paalua: two men, two women, one girl and two foreigners, Clark and Mrs. Clark. Here
are the goods: one group of forty units of goods was sent over on the Paalua. Here is this:
the funds for these articles of cargo is what you should give to the captain for the cargo.
What is the cost for these goods and the passage of the men and women? Do tell me.
From Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
October 4, 1839
For Mr. Chamberlain
Notes:
1. Mi Kamalani - 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. Mataio 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 1834-1868, a member of the House of Nobles and Privy
Council, the 6th Kuhina Nui (regent) and the father of Kamehameha IV and
Kamehameha V.

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