Hawaii, Our New Possessions: An Account of Travels and Adventure, with Sketches of the Scenery ... an Appendix Containing the Treaty of Annexation to the United States |
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... Passing Diamond Head - Some legal talent - Midnight at Lahaina -Going ashore - The former capital of Maui - Location of village - Residence of the king - The rendezvous for whaling- fleets - No hotel - The Lahainaluna Seminary - At ...
... Passing Diamond Head - Some legal talent - Midnight at Lahaina -Going ashore - The former capital of Maui - Location of village - Residence of the king - The rendezvous for whaling- fleets - No hotel - The Lahainaluna Seminary - At ...
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... passed , and beyond it lay Diamond Head . We were told that when we passed that point we should be able to see the bay of Honolulu . Diamond Head , like some mighty sphinx or lion couchant , guarding the approach to an earthly para ...
... passed , and beyond it lay Diamond Head . We were told that when we passed that point we should be able to see the bay of Honolulu . Diamond Head , like some mighty sphinx or lion couchant , guarding the approach to an earthly para ...
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... passed them . He lived at the famous house Sans Souci , and invited me to go there with him , which I gladly consented to do . Mr. Evans had been a great favorite with the kings and queens of Hawaii , and is a rank royalist . His wife ...
... passed them . He lived at the famous house Sans Souci , and invited me to go there with him , which I gladly consented to do . Mr. Evans had been a great favorite with the kings and queens of Hawaii , and is a rank royalist . His wife ...
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... , to go into ecstasies , but after having torn his clothes and lacerated his skin in making his way through one of the thickets he loses his en- thusiasm . Just as we left the city we passed the royal WAIKIKI AND THE PALI 23.
... , to go into ecstasies , but after having torn his clothes and lacerated his skin in making his way through one of the thickets he loses his en- thusiasm . Just as we left the city we passed the royal WAIKIKI AND THE PALI 23.
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... passed the royal mauso- leum , the last resting - place of royalty . Nearly three miles from the town is the electric- light plant , and a little beyond are the two reservoirs which furnish a portion of the water for the city . The ...
... passed the royal mauso- leum , the last resting - place of royalty . Nearly three miles from the town is the electric- light plant , and a little beyond are the two reservoirs which furnish a portion of the water for the city . The ...
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Page 495 - Party may at any time terminate the same on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention to do so. The ratifications of the present Convention shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate, at the city of Washington, this 15th day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
Page 356 - Government by its own declared limitation was only "to exist until terms of union with the United States of America have been negotiated and agreed upon...
Page 493 - Congress, all the military, civil, and judicial powers exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion.
Page 493 - The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands, not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished, and not inconsistent with this joint resolution nor contrary to the Constitution of the United States nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine.
Page 493 - States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government, or crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining...
Page 493 - The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands...
Page 492 - WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States...
Page 494 - ... by the Government of the United States; but the liability of the United States in this regard shall in no case exceed four million dollars.
Page 487 - The PRESIDENT: The undersigned Secretary of State has the honor to lay before the...
Page 494 - So long, however, as the existing Government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued as hereinbefore provided said Government shall continue to pay the interest on said debt.