Hawaii's first English language newspaper... volume 1, number 4...

Item # 719730

August 20, 1836

SANDWICH ISLAND GAZETTE & JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, Honolulu, Oahu, Aug. 20, 1836 This was the very first English language newspaper published in Hawaii, known as the Sandwich Islands at that time. It is the volume 1, number 4 issue. It was preceded by only two Hawaiian language newspapers, which began in 1834, with this title being the first English-language newspaper printed in the Hawaiian Islands - and the first to include commercial advertising.

The newspaper contained interesting accounts of trade, ships entering the harbor, and daily life. As Hawaii's first commercial journalism venture, it did job printing. The editor was Bostonian Stephen S. MacIntosh, who opposed the policies of the Protestant mission and advocated religious toleration.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, wide margins, very nice condition.