Letters and calling cards signed by members of Hawaii's last ruling family, 1840 Oct. 1-1887 Aug. 2.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Kapi'olani, Queen, consort of Kalākaua, King of Hawai'i, 1834-1899

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Kapiʻolani (December 31, 1834 – June 24, 1899) was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of her second husband Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 to 1891 until Kalākaua's death when she became known as the Dowager Queen Kapiʻolani. Kapi'olani was also sister-in-law to Liliʻuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Deeply interested in the health and welfare of Native Hawaiians, Kapiʻolani established the Kapiʻolani Home for Girls, for the education ...

Kamehameha III, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1813-1854

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Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli, March 17, 1814, Kona, Hawaii – died December 15, 1854, Honolulu, Hawaii), third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha when he ascended the throne. Under his reign, Hawaii evolved from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with the signi...

Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891

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Kalākaua (b. Nov. 16, 1836, Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawai'i–d. Jan. 20, 1891, San Francisco, CA) was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Born to Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea and Analea Keohokālole from the reigning House of Kamehameha. Kalākaua married Kapiʻolani, December 8, 1863 and had no children. Kalākaua studied law under Charles Coffin Harris in 1853 and received his military training under the Prussian officer, Major Francis Funk. In the army, Kalākaua served as ...

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

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Liliuokalani (b. September 2, 1838, Honolulu, HI–d. November 11, 1917, Honolulu, HI) was the first queen and last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen during her imprisonment following the overthrow. While her natural parents were Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea, she was hānai (i...

Kekuanaoa, Mataio, 1791-1868.

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Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii, 1875-1899

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Newell, C. M. (Charles Martin), 1821-1900.

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Atwater, Mrs.

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