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Claim No. 591, John Meek, Honolulu, 22d May 1847
F.R. 66-67v2
To the Honorable Board of Commissioners, Gentlemen.
In accordance with the law, I herewith submit my claims to the following named lands situated on the Island of Oahu for your consideration & final adjustment. Viz.
No. 1. The House lot is now occupied by John Meek Jr., which was [margin note: withdrawn] obtained from Liholiho (Kamehameha II) by Captain Thomas Meek and to all whose right I have lawfully occupied.
No. 2. Also the dwelling house lot now occupied by myself which I obtained from Boki, in the Year 1817.
No. 3. Also a Kalo land in Kalihi which I got from Kamehameha III in 1824, with boundaries all well known & defined.
No. 4. Also a Kalo land in Kapalama by the name of Kuwili; this land was obtained from Kaikioewa by Captain Thomas Meek in 1832.
No. 5. And also a small tract of land in the district of Makiki, was derived from Kamehameha III in 1849.
I am ready to substantiate my claims to all the above named lands. When called upon by Your Honorable Board and I shall expect from Your hands, for each Sale, the most favorable titles in the power of this Government to bestow.
Lease 6. I will also notify Your Honorable Body of the Existence of two Leases which I hold of the Lands, known by the names of Kalauwai and Leihue [Lihue] on this Island.*
Signed John Meek
/*Not produced for copy/
N.R. 768v3
No. 591, John Meek, Parcel 6
I, Kamehameha III, the King of the Hawaiian Islands, do hereby give a certain parcel of land, bounded as follows:
The stream in the middle of Kalauao is the boundary on the west, there also it adjoins the leased land of John Meek. The division between Kalauao and Aiea is the boundary on the east. The highway is the makai boundary and the mountain is the mauka boundary.
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.... nt time; however, here is something which is not clear. The date has not been noted in that document; therefore, we will put aside the document for a very short while until there is time to do this work."
4. M. Kekuanaoa, sworn by the Bible and stated, "this land is at Kapalama in Honolulu here and I had heard this. Thomas Meek had mentioned that it had been Kinau's land. John Meek had the land, the fence and all other things. Thomas Meek's interest had been from Kaikioewa, but it is not clear to me when Kaikioewa had given Thomas Meek that place. I think he lived there just as his older brother had and in the same way we had all lived there.
5. Another land is in Waikiki on Oahu here. When we had gone (on a trip) with Haaliho [Haalilio] and the king also, John Meek at this time asked the king for land and the king had consented to this. It was a cattle raising pasture and we (two) approved just as it has been approved by the king.
The place has been enclosed with a stone wall, The side that is adjoining to my lot has a mud fence;
On the Ewa side is Kekuanaoa's lot
Mauka is the stone wall Kaaihu for the lease land
Waikiki a ditch and
On the makai side is the place for John Ii's attendant.
This place is for none other but John Meek and the Hawaiians who are living there.
See page 399
N.T. 399v3
No. 591, John Meek, from page 388, November 26 [1847]
The king has stated before John Ii of the validity of his grant to John Meek some lands on Oahu; however, the date of the granting is not positive.
See page 386 [388]
[Award 591; R.P. 2385; King St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; .83 Ac.; R.P. 2386; Kuwili Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; 9.58 Acs; R.P. 2388; Punaula Kalihi Kona; 1 ap.; 2.7 Acs; Waikoae Kalihi Kona; 2 ap.; 18.1 Acs; R.P. 2387; Makiki Kona; 1 ap.; 1.73 Acs; R.P. 5705-2; Kalauao Ewa; 1 ap.; 1300 Acres]