Mrs. R. H. (Rebecca Howard) Hitchcock

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Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection: Honolulu Postmarked Oct 4, 1883 Harvey Rexford Hitchcock, Jr. (generally known as H. Rexford Hitchcock) was born in 1835 and published a dictionary of the Hawaiian language while principal of Lahainaluna School, in an effort to teach Hawaiians the English language.[14] Wikipedia Reference no.
Author's Personal Collection

Honolulu Postmarked Oct 4, 1883 Harvey Rexford Hitchcock, Jr. (generally known as H. Rexford Hitchcock) was born in 1835 and published a dictionary of the Hawaiian language while principal of Lahainaluna School, in an effort to teach Hawaiians the English language.[14] Wikipedia Reference no.

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Mrs. R. H. (Rebecca Howard) Hitchcock

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Cover sent to Mrs. R.H Hitchcock to Lahaina Maui Oct 4, 1883. Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (March 13, 1800 – August 25, 1855) was an early Protestant missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii from the United States. With his three sons, he and his wife started a family that would influence Hawaii's history. He married Rebecca Howard (1808–1890) on August 26, 1831, in Auburn, New York, and sailed on November 26 to the Hawaiian Islands, as part of the fifth company from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. They arrived in Honolulu May 17, 1832. They were assigned to start the first mission on the island of Molokaʻi. He took a short scouting mission around the island in the summer of 1832, and in September held the first Christian service in the open air. By June 19, 1833, with the assistance of Lowell Smith (1802–189), a thatched hut was chartered as the first church in an area called Kaluaʻaha. Ka lua ʻaha means "the gathering pit" in the Hawaiian language, the name of the ahupuaʻa (ancient Hawaiian land division) there.

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Harvey Rexford Hitchcock - Wikipedia

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December 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024