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���Letter Reference:
1853_Jun22_Nahaolelua-Baldwin
Date of Letter:
June 22, 1853
From:
P. Nahaolelua [Paul Nāhaolelua]
To:
D. Baluina [Rev. Dwight Baldwin]
Content Summary:
Paul Nāhaolelua responds to the concerns of Rev. Dwight Baldwin that Nāhaolelua and company
might bring smallpox back from Honolulu, where they have been visiting. Nāhaolelua agrees to
follow the recommendations of Rev. Baldwin and the others.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 3]
Hon olulu Iune 22. 1853
D. Baluina Aloha oe a me kou
kau hale apau, ua lohe wale mai
au i ko oukou manao e kue ana i
ka poe holo aku mai keia moku
puni a ko oukou moku puni, no
ka makau i keia mai ino. Ae, u
a pono no ko oukou manao ana
pela, no ka mea ua launa ke kahi
poe o makou me ke kahi poe i la
una i ua mai nei, ao ke kahi
ua noho pu me ka mea mai aua
lawelawe paha.
Eia nae kou manao ua pono
paha ke hoomalu ia makou ke ho
i aku ma ka hale mai paha, a ka
a ole ou manao e noho pu me
ke kahi poe ehoi pu aku ana
i hale o koa no kou, no ka mea
aole ikea ka hi ino ho ai o ke ka
hi poe, a ka, na'u no paha e noo
�noo kou wahi e noho ai.
Eia ke kahi, mai launa na
kan aka ia makou ke hoi aku
ano ai ua pili paha ia makou
keia mai, no ka mea ma ka olelo
hoolaha ana Komike no ka imi
[Page 2 of 3]
ola ehiki i Ka makani ke lawe
mai i ka mai, malie paha ua
lawe io mai ka makani.
I na ihookaawaleia makou
a hele ka poe makemake e ike ia
makou, Aole no makou ia, no
ka hookuli paha
Eia keia o kau wahine no
paha ke launa me au, ke ole nae
e loaa iaia ka makau, aka i
makau kela ua pono no.
O keia mau olelo apau
maluna, elilo ia mau mea
i mea ole, i na Aole o oukou
manao makau ia makou, no
ko makou komo ana i ke
kulana kauhale o Honolulu
kahi i hooulu ia ai keia mai
o ka pau noia a lilo mea ole
O wau no me ke A
loha i na mea apau
Paluina
P.. Nahaolelua
Kahuna pule
[Page 3 of 3]
[Letter Cover]
P. Nahaolelua
Hon. Iune 22/53
Translation:
[Page 1 of 3]
Honolulu June 22. 1853
�D. Baldwin, Greetings to you and your household. I happened to hear about your opinions
opposing the travel of people from this island to your island, for fear of this terrible sickness.
Yes, you are right to think that way, because some of our group have met with people who had
come into contact with this sickness, and others have stayed with a sick person and tended to
them.
Here, however, is my thought: it might be proper for us to be quarantined when we
return, perhaps at the hospital. I do not intend to stay with others who come back with me, but I
should have a separate house, for it is not known where others have stayed. But I will consider
where I should stay.
Also, people should not be around us when we come back. This sickness may have clung
to us, because, as per the Health Committee members’ announcement,
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this disease can be carried on the wind, and the wind may have actually brought it to us.
If we are separated and people who want to see us come, it would not be because of us,
but likely due to intentional disregard [on their part].
Here is this, maybe my wife could be around me, if she is not fearful, but if she is afraid,
that would be alright.
All these statements above, they will be nothing if you folks hold no fears about us, about
us having entered the town of Honolulu, the place where this sickness has spread about. That
would be the end of it, to become a non-issue.
Me, truly, with regards to all,
Baldwin
P. Nahaolelua
Reverend
[Page 3 of 3]
[Letter cover]
P. Nahaolelua
Hon. Iune 22/53
Notes:
1. D. Baluina - Rev. Dwight Baldwin came to Hawaiʻi in 1831 with the fourth company of
missionaries and resided on Maui.
2. keia mai ino - “this terrible sickness” was smallpox, which became an epidemic in
Hawaiʻi in 1853 (the year of this letter), taking the lives of more than 5,000 Hawaiians.
3. na Komike - "The committee members" likely refers to the members of the Department of
Health.
4. P. Nahaolelua - Paul Nāhaolelua served in various government positions. At the time of
this letter he was the royal governor of Maui and a member of the House of Nobles.
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Paul Nāhaolelua responds to the concerns of Rev. Dwight Baldwin that Nāhaolelua and company might bring smallpox back from Honolulu, where they have been visiting. Nāhaolelua agrees to follow the recommendations of Rev. Baldwin and the others.
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