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No. 627, Stephen Reynolds
F.R. 86v2 [See Award 619]
F.T. 82v2
[See Award 619]
[Plan described in 626 F.T. p. 111 is labeled 627]
N.T. 406-411v2
No. 627, Lanai (Reynolds) (Stephen Reynolds:)
Mister Ladd, sworn by the Word of God and stated, "I have lived here for 14 years and I have seen that place named the hotel of Oahu for I have lived there to the present time. I believe the boundaries are:
Nuuanu Street on the Ewa side
Merchant Street is toward the mountain and
a lot is on the Waikiki side.
This property has been bought by Lanai and this place has extended to Bunchares (Punchard) place and reaching Nuuanu Street, from there running to the pier. There are two grass huts, one of which has fallen; also there is a retail shop and a market standing there at present and after the house was broken, the people came and built for themselves a market."
John Rice, sworn by the Word of God and stated, "I had seen that place in the year 1828. That was a hotel for Oahu here owned by two foreigners Nice (Knight] and Manini. That was their hotel called the "Oahu Hotel". I had made frequent trips here yet had not seen others living there, but at this time Bunchares (Punchard) is living there. In the same year (1828), I had lived there for a short while in the house southeast of Bunchares' (Punchard) store. I had gone away and left some of my belongings in that house in the year 1830. Upon my return in 1843, the house had disappeared. I have seen the small house on the north side of the kitchen and it is probably 15 fathoms long, I do not recall clearly. I have not known what else had happened after 1843.
Thomas Russel of the ship named Sela Baka, sworn and stated, "It was in the month of May 1826 that I had seen that place called the "Oahu Hotel". I hav ....
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.... the fence had been sold at an auction in the year 1832. 1 had acquired that property at that time and later it was acquired by Lanai for $1,100.00 and more because of my expenses. Since that time Lanai had taken care of that place almost to the present time. At that time the market had been built there with Lanai's approval in the year 1845."
Lanai (Reynolds) had filed a protest before John Ricord at the time the market
was being built. See C. Kanaina's objections below in the name of H. Kalama, also
of Lanai's objections. Page 420 [No. 647]
N.T. 420v2
No. 627, Lanai (S. Reynolds), From page 413, December 13 [1847]
Mr. French, sworn by the Word of God and stated, "I have seen this property of Lanai &eynolds]. I had given him a land transfer document on the first day of Oct. 1838 and that land transfer document is correct. I had bought that place from Poki in the year 1828. There was at that time a small grass hut for storing sandalwood and other properties and I had stored the sandalwood for ten years. I had given Poki $300.00; however, he had not given me a bill of sale for this land. Poki was then taking care of the revenues for the government; perhaps thru this channel the sale would be publicly known. No one had objected to me during those ten years and I have not heard it is for Kanaina or Kalama perhaps, and in the year 1838 I had bought that place from Reynolds with the knowledge of the governor Kekuanaoa. I have not heard Kanaina or anyone else has an interest there. I had heard Kalaimoku had a lease with the foreigners for that place and later it was a sale."
See pgs. 406, 412 & 413 Objections of Kanaina. [Claim 647 & 648]
[No. 627 not awarded; See Award 619 for Native Register and Foreign Testimony documents; See Claims 647 & 648 for Kanaina & Kalama]