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President William McKinley’s nomination of Sanford B. Dole to be Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
This is a letter written by President McKinley to Sanford Dole, nominating him as governor over the territory of Hawaii after the annexation. Dole was born in Honolulu to Christian missionaries, which perhaps influenced his ideological thinking in…
Government Order Mandating forced haircuts of Indigenous people (1902)
Black and White official copy of Letter send by William Atkinson Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to superintendents of all federal reservations, dated January 1902. Commonly referred to as the ‘Haircut order’. Within the letter Jones refers…
Congratulatory letter recognising citizenship, (1952)
Coloured textual source of letter showing written correspondence between Walter Edward Harris, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Ma, Quon On written on the 4th December 1952. In which Walter Edward Harris congratulated Ma on his recent…
The Brig Thaddeus
A ship twenty-four feet wide and eight-five feet long, took the first missionaries to Hawaii, including Reverend Hiram Bingham. It took a 164 day route from Massachusetts, Boston to the Hawaiian Islands.
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…
Chinese Envelope
This pink envelope was sent from China to California. The address states it is to Quong Fung Hi, of Downieville, California. Downieville was one of the major places for immigrants to live. It was not just a Chinese immigrant town, Mexicans and…
Letter to the honourable Parnell Thomas from Norris Poulson, conveying information from Jack Moffitt regarding Communism in Hollywood.
The source is an 11 page typed letter with a ‘Congress of the United States house of representatives Washington D.C.’ header. It is written on the 22nd of May 1947 from Norris Poulson to Thomas Parnell and names those believed to be communists…
Letter from Pelly to Grey
The latter denotes an enquiry to British governance, by a representative of the Hudson Bay company, about the situation of their company and its Fur trading rights in relation to the 1846 Oregon treaty and the land acquitted to British territory. The…
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Samuel Long to William H. Seward, Monday, July 15, 1861 (Report from Hawaii and request for new position)
The Letter from Samuel Long to William H. Seward discusses Long’s service as a US consul in Hawaii. This source directly shows the relations with the USA and Hawaii and just how involved the USA was in the Island. The letter shows how significant…
Letter from Blanshard to Earl Grey
This letter from Richard Blanshard to Earl Grey discusses the lack of any new discoveries of gold or coal, and the competition that could soon arise from Oregon. Within the letter, Blanshard states that despite no coal has been discovered, the miners…