‘Certified Proof’

‘Certified Proof’

Hawai’i
money
American influence
economy

This source is of American dollar bills issued in Hawai’i in 1901. This is significant as it is three years after Hawai’i was annexed by the United States in 1898, and shows that America was already beginning to exert their control and influence over the islands. The dollar bills read ‘The First National Bank of Wailuku’ and underneath this is ‘ter. of Hawai’i’, which means ‘Territory of Hawai’i’, further demonstrating America’s control over the islands. Also this shows the strength of American influence due to the need to issue dollars and have American banks on the islands, which suggests that the currency was being widely used in Hawai’i. This is useful for understanding more about annexation and the road to statehood in the daily lives and economy of Hawai’i.

Ellis Henry Roberts, U.S. Department of the Treasury

National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian Institution

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4 October 1901

Georgia Day

National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian Institution

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English

Material Object - money

20th century