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Benediction in Hawaiian by former missionary

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Title: Autograph benediction in Hawaiian, followed by a salutation, signed by Charles S. Stewart, former missionary to Hawaii
Author: Stewart, Charles Samuel
Description: 11 lines, in ink, on plain sheet apparently removed from an autograph album, 7¼x9.The two-line benediction in Hawaiian is from Galatians, followed by "This benediction from the word of God will not, I trust, be less kindly received by Miss Ward from being clothed in the language of a people inseparably associated with the choicest recollections of the early & warm friend of her Pastor. Chas. Saml. Stewart, Late Missionary at the Sandwich Islands. New York, June 10th, 1837." Stewart arrived in Hawaii in April 1823, part of the second company of Congregational missionaries sent to the islands. He left 2½ years later due to the ill health of his wife. He visited Hawaii again in 1829, as chaplain aboard the USS Vincennes. He wrote several books on his experiences in Hawaii and the Pacific. Provenance: A private California collection.
Heading: AAA(Hawaii)Place Published: New York
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Date Published: June 10th, 1837