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Letter Reference:
1850_May24_Alexander Liholiho-Hubbard
Date of Letter:
May 24, 1850
From:
Alexander Liholiho
To:
Wm. Hubbard
Content Summary:
Alexander Liholiho expresses his appreciation to William Hubbard for the hospitality he
received in Boston.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
214 Revere House
Boston, May 24, 1850
Dear Sir.
Before leaving this city,
I feel it to be my duty to render thanks
to those who have so welcomed us, and who
have so received us as it were in open arms,
to those who feel so much, interest in the welfare and happiness of the Sandwich Islands,
and also to those who have not only taken an
interest, but taken a hand in the great
work of civilizing the earth.
And I know of no better
channel through which to express those thanks
than yourself as Chairman of the Committee
of that Board of Missions which will always
be looked to by Hawaiians as our religious
Parents, Guardians and Friends.
Not only do I thank you
for the kindness received here through indirect means, but by presenting me with a
copy of that Word of God, which not very
many years ago you gave to our people in
their own language who were then heathens and
benighted. I shall keep that Holy volume as
a token of remembrance, and not only the
book shall I keep, but I will try and follow
the instructions which were imparted to me
on its presentation.
I remain
Sir
Yours very truly
Liholiho
Hon. Wm J. Hubbard
Chairman of the Presidential
Committee of the American
Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions
[Page 2 of 2]
Liholiho
May 24, 1850
13-72
To: Wm. Hubbard
Notes:
1. Revere House - Revere House was an upscale hotel in the 19th-century Boston,
Massachusetts, located in Bowdoin Square in the West End.
2. Sandwich Islands - The name given to the Hawaiian Islands by Capt. James Cook in 1778
and still in common usage through the first half of the 19th century.
3. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - The A.B.C.F.M. was an
American Christian missionary organization that sent the first missionaries to Hawaiʻi.
4. Liholiho - Alexander Liholiho, the son of Mataio Kekūanāoʻa and Kīnaʻu, was adopted
by Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III, whom he would succeed to rule Hawaiʻi from January,
1855 - November, 1863 as Kamehameha IV.
5. Hon. Wm J. Hubbard - William J. Hubbard is referenced as the Chairman of the
Presidential Committee for the A.B.C.F.M. who hosted Dr. Judd and the two princes
during their stay in Boston.
1850_May24_Alexander Liholiho-Hubbard
Date of Letter:
May 24, 1850
From:
Alexander Liholiho
To:
Wm. Hubbard
Content Summary:
Alexander Liholiho expresses his appreciation to William Hubbard for the hospitality he
received in Boston.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
214 Revere House
Boston, May 24, 1850
Dear Sir.
Before leaving this city,
I feel it to be my duty to render thanks
to those who have so welcomed us, and who
have so received us as it were in open arms,
to those who feel so much, interest in the welfare and happiness of the Sandwich Islands,
and also to those who have not only taken an
interest, but taken a hand in the great
work of civilizing the earth.
And I know of no better
channel through which to express those thanks
than yourself as Chairman of the Committee
of that Board of Missions which will always
be looked to by Hawaiians as our religious
Parents, Guardians and Friends.
Not only do I thank you
for the kindness received here through indirect means, but by presenting me with a
copy of that Word of God, which not very
many years ago you gave to our people in
their own language who were then heathens and
benighted. I shall keep that Holy volume as
a token of remembrance, and not only the
book shall I keep, but I will try and follow
the instructions which were imparted to me
on its presentation.
I remain
Sir
Yours very truly
Liholiho
Hon. Wm J. Hubbard
Chairman of the Presidential
Committee of the American
Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions
[Page 2 of 2]
Liholiho
May 24, 1850
13-72
To: Wm. Hubbard
Notes:
1. Revere House - Revere House was an upscale hotel in the 19th-century Boston,
Massachusetts, located in Bowdoin Square in the West End.
2. Sandwich Islands - The name given to the Hawaiian Islands by Capt. James Cook in 1778
and still in common usage through the first half of the 19th century.
3. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - The A.B.C.F.M. was an
American Christian missionary organization that sent the first missionaries to Hawaiʻi.
4. Liholiho - Alexander Liholiho, the son of Mataio Kekūanāoʻa and Kīnaʻu, was adopted
by Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III, whom he would succeed to rule Hawaiʻi from January,
1855 - November, 1863 as Kamehameha IV.
5. Hon. Wm J. Hubbard - William J. Hubbard is referenced as the Chairman of the
Presidential Committee for the A.B.C.F.M. who hosted Dr. Judd and the two princes
during their stay in Boston.