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Letter Reference:
1839_Sep24_Kanaina-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
September 24, 1839
From:
Charles Kanaina [Charles Kanaʻina]
To:
Kemalani [Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Charles Kanaʻina asks Levi Chamberlain for black pants.
Typescript:
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[Letter Cover]
Chs. Kanaina
Sep. 24 1839.
Na
Kemalani
E Kemalani e,
no'u kekahi lole
wawae eleele i paa
Aohe wahi o ka lole
eleele e loaa ai
i keia wa no'u,
i na i loaa mai
e hoakaka mai i
ke kumu kuai.
Charles Kanaina
Sep. 24/39
Translation:
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[Letter Cover]
Charles Kanaina

September 24, 1839
For Chamberlain
Chamberlain,
I would like a finished pair of black pants. There is no place I can find black cloth at this
time. If you should have, clarify the price.
Charles Kanaina
September 24, 1839
Notes:
1. Kemalani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of missionaries.
He was the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and served as a missionary
teacher.
2. Charles Kanaina - Charles Kanaʻina was a man of chiefly lineage who married Miriam
ʻAuhea Kekāuluohi. Their son, Willian Charles Lunalilo, became the sixth monarch of
the Hawaiian Kingdom.