https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/8699dc832b92ae31afa71387fdfe26df.pdf 775c6e6162d1cef00bbc68cf75608ad4 PDF Text Text ���Letter Reference: 1875_Jun29_Kalakaua-Clerk Date of Letter: June 29, 1875 From: Kalākaua To: Rev. W.E. Clerk Content Summary: Kalākaua writes Clerk expressing his interest in purchasing the land named “Kukuluaeo” for $500 dollars to make a horse paddock of it. Typescript: [Page 1 of 3] To The Reverend W.E. Clerk Dear Sir, I am informed that you are the owner of a piece of land named “Kukuluaeo” situated near the South ex= treme part of Honolulu and now in charge of P. Naone. I would like to be the purchaser of said land and would give five [Page 2 of 3] hundred $500.00 dollars as a fair price for the land. The land as you are aware is an unimproved property and it is my intention to turn it into a paddock for horses. The manufacture of salt has �been less productive and the yield small owing to the abundance of rain which ^has lasted even up to the time I write, and the low price of salt. [Page 3 of 3] You will please give my kind aloha to Mrs. Clerk ame na Hoa Aloha. Kalakaua June 29 1876 Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Rev. W.E. Clerk - This peson is unknown. Kukuluaeo - A once-marshy area fronting Kewalo Basin. P. Naone - This person is unknown, but was the manager of the property in question. Mrs. Clerk - Likely the wife of Rev. Clerk. ame na Hoa Aloha - Lit. and friends. Kalākaua - David Laʻamea Kalākaua was the seventh sovereign of Hawaiʻi, being the second elected monarch, and ruled from February, 1874 - January, 1891. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kalakaua, David - Ali`i Letters - 1875.06.29 - to Clerk, W. E. Description An account of the resource Kalākaua writes Clerk expressing his interest in purchasing the land named “Kukuluaeo” for $500 dollars to make a horse paddock of it. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Non-Missionary Letters, 1820-1900. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kalakaua, David Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Puakea Nogelmeier Translated by Awaiaulu Foundation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-06-29