Lot 959
Kamehameha III. - Royal Hawaiian Patent (Land Grant) No. 502. Signed by Kamehameha III as King, John S. Emerson, and Keoni Ana (as Minister of the Interior) 13 x 16½ in., 1851, January 16, 4 pp. Transaction with John S. Emerson (1800-67) relative to land at Mokuleia, Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. Emerson arrived in Hawaii in 1832 with the Fifth Company of American missionaries; he opened the station at Waialua, Ohau from 1832-1842, and again from 1846-1864 when he resigned from the mission. Document has Royal Seal. Slight age toning.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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