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                  <text>�Letter Reference:
Undated_Kalakaua-Damon
Date of Letter:
Undated
From:
Kalakaua
To:
Damon
Content Summary:
Kalākaua asks Mr. Damon to borrow his copy of Bingham's History of the Hawaiian Islands.
[Page 1 of 1]
To the Reverend Mr Damon,
I would like to
borough your Binghams
History of the Sandwich Islands
for a day or so. Will you be
kind enough to give it to the
bearer of this note.
Kalakaua
Notes:
1. Reverend Mr. Damon - Samuel Chenery Damon arrived in Hawaiʻi with his wife Julia
Sherman Mills with the 11th missionary company on October 19, 1842
2. Bingham’s History of the Sandwich Islands - This likely refers to Rev. Hiram Bingham's
book entitled, "Residence of Twenty-One Years In The Sandwich Islands," published in
1855 by H.D. Goodwin.
3. Kalākaua - David Laʻamea Kalākaua was the seventh sovereign of the Hawaiian
Kingdom and the second elected monarch of Hawaiʻi, ruling from February, 1874 January, 1891.

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              <text>Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives</text>
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