To King Lunalilo,
King of the Hawaiian Islands.
Dear Brother: I have just received Your Majesty’s letter informing me of the demise of Your Cousin, King Kamehameha V., on the 11th of December last, and announcing also, that in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom, the Legislative Assembly having elected You King of the Hawaiian Islands. Continue reading
To His Majesty Lunalilo, King of the Sandwich Islands, Our Great and Good Friend.
Great and Good Friend: It is with deep regret that We have received the letter of Your Majesty informing Us of the demise of Your Predecessor and Cousin, His Majesty Kamehameha V. Continue reading
On the 14th of April, the letter from General Grant, the President of the United States, was received, expressing to our King, that he joins in the grieving for the death of Kamehameha V, and that the President was happy for Chief Lunalilo’s good fortune in ascending the throne of Hawaii nei.
And on the 29th of May, the letters arrived from the alii shown below, and we translated them into our language.
(Ko Hawaii Ponoi, 6/18/1873, p. 3)
Ko Hawaii Ponoi, Buke I, Helu 1, Aoao 3. Iune 18, 1873.
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