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Rare and early title from Honolulu...
Rare and early title from Honolulu...
Item # 668087
August 31, 1844
THE POLYNESIAN, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, Aug. 31, 1844
* Very rare 19th century Hawaiian publication
One of the earliest newspapers we have offered from Hawaii, and fourteen years earlier than the few of this title we offered in recent years.
The "first series" of this title existed for just 1 1/2 years from 1840 to 1841. It proved unprofitable and was shut down. The editor reestablished the paper under the same title in May, 1844. Two months later it become the "Official Journal of the Hawaiian Government" and remained so until 1861. The Polynesian was the leading paper on Oahu in the mid-1800's. Issues of this era very rarely surface.
This is issue #15 under the "new series". Over half of the front page is taken up with: "Mexico - Report on its Finances Under the Spanish Government Since its Independence, and Prospects of their Improvement Under the Presidency of His Excellency Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...".
Over half of page 2 has: "Order In Council of His Hawaiian Majesty, Prescribing a Code of Etiquette".
Four pages, 12 by 18 inches, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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