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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1843_Apr19_Paki-Cooke
Date of Letter:
April 19, 1843
From:
A K. Paki [Abner Kūho‘oheiheipahu Pākī]
To:
Mika Kuke [Mr. Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Abner Pākī responds to Mr. Cooke’s letter, laments the ill health of Mrs. Cooke and sends
regards to all, especially his daughters.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Lahaina Ap 19 1843
Auhea oe E mika kuke
Uaike maua ikaupalapala
me kama halo a me ke aloha i
ke kua Eia keia He aloha ko
maua ia kukevahine ikonana
valivali Aloha oukou
a meka maua mau kaikama
hine me pauvahi, a me Kama
ka e ha Aloha oukou a
pau loa
Na
A K. Paki
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Paki
Lahaina Ape [Hole in paper] 19/43
Recd 21st
Na
Mike Kuke
Honolulu
Oahu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 1]
Lahaina, April 19, 1843

�Greetings, Mr. Cooke,
The two of us saw your letter with thanks and love for God. Here is this: We have
sympathy for Mrs. Cooke in her weak condition. Love to all of you and to our girls, Pauahi and
Kamakaeha. Regards to all of you.
From
A. K. Paki
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Paki
Lahaina April 19, 1843
Recd 21st
For
Mr. Cooke
Honolulu
Oahu
Notes:
1. A K. Paki - Abner Kuhoʻoheiheipahu Pākī was a high chief in the court of Kauikeaouli.
He married Konia and was the father of Bernice Pauahi Bishop. He served on the Privy
Council, was Chamberlain to Kamehameha III, Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court,
and in the House of Nobles from its founding 1841 until 1855.
2. Mika Kuke - Mr. Amos Starr Cooke, a missionary with the eighth company. He and his
wife, Juliette Montague Cooke, ran the Chiefs’ Children’s School.
3. Pauvahi - Bernice Pauahi, daughter of Abner Pākī and Laura Kōnia, was a student at the
Chiefs’ Children’s School.
4. Kamakaeha - Lydia Kamakaʻeha, a student at the Chiefs’ Children’s School, was the
daughter of Caesar Kapaʻakea and Analea Keohokālole, but was considered an adopted
daughter of Pākī and Kōnia. She later became Hawaiʻi’s last reigning monarch, Queen
Liliʻuokalani.

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