Samuel Ruggles and Samuel Whitney accompanied George Prince Humehume home to Kaua‘i, where he was welcomed with great emotion by...
“Kaahumanu informs all of you that our chiefs have died, both chiefs. Liholiho and Kamamalu are dead. …....
“Here is my word to you, there you are among the longnecks, so send letters here. There are many people,...
After a month of teaching chiefs, men, women and children on a day-to-day basis, the missionary wives determined to organize...
Within two years, the Pioneer Company desperately needed help to achieve their mission: expanding literacy and converting the population. In...
The Thaddeus anchored outside Honolulu harbor and sent a delegation to meet with Francisco de Paula Marin, a Spanish Catholic...
On October 23, 1819, the Pioneer Company of fourteen Protestant missionaries, five of their children and four Hawaiian men...
On October 23, 1819, a double-masted, 85-foot-long ship set sail from Boston Harbor, headed for the Sandwich Islands (Hawai‘i). in recognition of these events two hundred years ago, we take the opportunity to reflect on this complex history.
The first page of print in Hawaiian was struck on the printing press, transported from Boston on the Thaddeus, and...
Click on the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i to see key Ali‘i and mission members....