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��Letter Reference:
1843_Jun23_Kekauluohi-Cooke
Date of Letter:
June 23, 1843
From:
Kekauluohi [Miriam Kekāuluohi]
To:
Mr Kuke [Mr. Amos Starr Cooke]
Content Summary:
Miriam Kekāuluohi inquires of Amos Starr Cooke at the Chiefs’ Children’s School about how
the students are faring.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe e Mr Kuke
kane, a me Kuke wahine,
a me ke kumu hou.
Ke aloha aku nei au
ia oukou a pau loa, e
na makua o ka'u mau
keiki aloh a oukou e
ike la i ka kakou mau
keiki, pehea la ko lak ou
noho ana i keia m au
la, he maikai paha, aole
paha. He nui no ko'u aloha
ia oukou me na keiki,
He maikai wale no makou a pau loa e noho nei
Aloha oukou me ka
kakou mau keiki me
ka maluhia.
Luaehu Lahaina June 23 / 43
Na'u
na Kekauluohi
�[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina June 23/43
Recd 28th
Na
Mr Kuke
Halekulal'ii
Honolulu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Cooke, and Mrs. Cook, and the new teacher.
I send all of you my affection, parents of my children. Regards to you who see our
children. How are they doing these days, good or not? I have great affection for all of you and
the children. All of us here are doing just fine.
Salutations to you folks and our children, in peace.
Luaehu Lahaina June 23, 1843
From me
Kekauluohi
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter cover]
Kekauluohi
Lahaina June 23, 1843
Recd 28th
For
Mr Cooke
Chiefs’ Children’s School
Honolulu
Notes:
1. Mr Kuke kane - Rev. Amos Starr Cooke, a member of the eighth company of
missionaries who was selected to be the headmaster of the Chiefs’ Children’s School.
2. Kuke wahine - Juliette Montague Cooke, wife of Amos Starr Cooke, helped to run the
Chiefs’ Children’s School alongside her husband.
3. ke kumu hou - Ke kumu hou, the new teacher referred to in this letter is Nathan P.
Sturgess, an assistant to Mr. and Mrs. Cooke.
�4. Kekauluohi - Miriam Kekāuluohi, mother of William Charles Lunalilo, who was
attending the school, became the Kuhina Nui (Co-Regent or Premier) of the Hawaiian
Kingdom in 1839, taking on the name Kaʻahumanu III.
5. Luaehu - Luaehu was the “government house” in Lahaina, Maui, where the first
constitution was promulgated.
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Kekauluohi - Ali`i Letters - 1843.06.23 - to Cooke, Amos S.
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Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
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Miriam Kekāuluohi inquires of Amos Starr Cooke at the Chiefs’ Children’s School about how the students are faring.
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Kekauluohi
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Puakea Nogelmeier
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1843-06-23