Lot 188
Kaiulani. Devotional book signed and inscribed, "A.S. Cleghorn, With much love from his child Kaiulani. Xmas 1894. Ps. XXIII." The book is Daily Light on the Daily Path: A Devotional Text Book For Every Day in the Year in the Very Words of Scripture (London: S. Baster and Sons, Limited). The soft covers are very worn with a good size "bite" missing from the top of the spine and tips of upper corners missing. The gilt-edged pages are intact and have numerous notations in the margins regarding births and deaths, cities he was visiting, etc. The book has two sections with a calendar year in each section and in both sections Kaiulani's father expresses his anguish at the death of his beloved daughter on March 6th. In the first section, he writes, "My dearest Kaiulani died at 2 am the child I have doted on since she was born--1899"; in the second section, Cleghorn wrote, "dear Kaiulani -- died 2 am -- Our dear girl. Why did she leave me so young--so lovely--23 years 4 months & 18 days--1899." On the March X pages he wrote of taking Kaiulani's body from the family estate of Ainahau to Kawaiahao, the church in Honolulu from which she was buried, and on the March XII page, he noted her funeral at 2 o'clock from Kawaiahao. In January 1899, Kaiulani became ill after riding her horse in a storm; she never recovered.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000.
Descended through the Cleghorn family.
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| Realized $8,700 |
