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                  <text>���Letter Reference
1867_Dec10_Kapuaiwa-Baldwin
Date of Letter:
December 10, 1867
From:
Unknown [on behalf of Kamehameha V]
To:
D. Baldwin [Rev. Dwight Baldwin]
Content Summary:
Dwight Baldwin and his family are invited to Kamehameha V’s birthday celebration.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Rev. D. Baldwin ame Kou Ohana
Ua oluolu loa' ia
oukou, e naue mai i kahi Paina
i ka hora 2, o ka auina la, o ka
la Apopo, ma ka Pa o ka
Hale Aupuni kahi e ku 'la ka
Lanai, i hoomakaukauia, no ka
la hanau o Kamehameha V. Me Ke Aloha.
Lahaina Dec. 10. 1867.
[Letter cover]
King's birth day
Feast Dec. 11/67
[English annotation was part of the original file, a typescript of which is included here as part of
the Awaiaulu MHM Project 2016]
An invitation to Rev. D. Baldwin
and family to come to the feast
in the "lanai" of the yard of the
"Government House" for the
birthday of Kamehameha V.
Lahaina, Dec. 10, 1867
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
To Rev. D. Baldwin and your family,

�It would be kind of you all to make your way to a party at two o'clock tomorrow
afternoon on the grounds of the Government Building, where the covered terrace stands that has
been prepared for the birthday of Kamehameha V.
With Regards.
Lahaina Dec 10, 1867
[Letter cover]
King's birth day
Feast Dec. 11/67
Notes:
1. Rev. D. Baldwin - Rev. Dwight Baldwin was part of the second company of American
missionaries to arrive in Hawaiʻi. He was based at Lahaina, Maui.
2. Kamehameha V - Kamehameha V, son of Mataio Kekūanāoʻa and Elizabeth Kīnaʻu, was
in the third year of his reign at the time of this letter.

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