William Little Lee letters

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William Little Lee letters

1847-1850

http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b10567973~S1

Written from Honolulu, mainly to Simon Greenleaf, describing his work as a judge and as commissioner to quiet land titles, with information on the judiciary system in Hawaii, the framing of land codes, the foreign and native population, the effects of whooping cough and measles on the natives, the impact of the California gold rush on Hawaii and problems with the French over education, language and taxation of brandy.

6 letters in 1 portfolio.

eng, Latn

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Lee, William L. (William Little), 1821-1857

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Chief justice of Hawaii. From the description of Letter, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497424 ...

Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853

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Simon Greenleaf was born on December 5, 1783 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he attended the Latin School from 1790-1799. In 1801, he entered apprenticeship in Ezekiel Whitman's Gloucester, Maine law office. In June 1806, Cumberland County, Maine admitted Greenleaf to the Bar. On September 18, 1806, Greenleaf married Hannah Kingman, daughter to Capt. Ezra Kingman of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. From 1807-1817, Greenleaf practiced law in Gray, Maine before moving his law practi...