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(Kamehameha III) King of Hawaiian Islands (1825-54); secured from U.S. (1842) and from Great Brit...

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(Kamehameha III) King of Hawaiian Islands (1825-54); secured from U.S. (1842) and from Great Brit...
(Kamehameha III) King of Hawaiian Islands (1825-54); secured from U.S. (1842) and from Great Britain (1843), recognition of independence of Hawaii. Broadside, issued by King Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III), 1p, Oct 7, 1829, 9 1/2"X15", Oahu, in Hawaiian and English, interesting content to foreigners. In part, "...This is my decision for you; we assent to the request of the English residents; we grant the protection of the laws...This therefore is my proclamation, which I make known to you: The laws of my country prohibit Murder, Theft, Adultery, Fornication...Gambling and Betting on the Sabbath day...This also I make known, - The Law of the Great God of heaven...Christian Marriage is proper...But if a woman regard her man as her only husband, and the man regard his woman as his only wife, they are legally husband and wife...We have seen your wickedness heretofore. You did not warn us that your dooryards and enclosed plantations were tabu before the time when our animals went into your enclosures; you unhesitantly killed our animals...we warned you of the tabu of our plantations...we have known your cattle to come in to eat up what we had planted; on that account some of your cattle are dead. This then is the way to obtain justice...This is our communication to you all, ye parents from the countries whence originate the winds: have compassion on a nation of little children...who are yet in mental darkness..." Marginal tears and very minor foxing, o/w VG. $2,000-3,000