Kaahumanu : manuscript, [1889]

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Kaahumanu : manuscript, [1889]

Essay on the Kaahumanu ruling family in Hawaii and letters to Roberts Brothers, Boston publishers, dated 23 Sept. 1885 and 16 March 1886, concerning Stevenson switching to Scribner's as his publisher.

1 v. (8 leaves) ; 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7797058

Houghton Library

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