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No. 38, E. & H. Grimes, claimants
F.R. 50-53v1
Letter addressed to Secretary to land Commission, May 4th 1846
We herewith hand you a claim and plan of our premises which we beg leave to lay before your Honorable body, and pray that you will grant us a patent or title for the same.
Signed, E & H. Grimes
Register page 51 & 52
Know all men by these presents that I, Stephen Reynolds, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oahu, for and in consideration of six thousand dollars to me in hand wall & truly paid, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, have bargained, granted, and sold to Eliab Grimes and Josiah Thomson, citizens of the United States, residing at Oahu, all the estates, buildings, premises in Honolulu, lately belonging to William S. Hinkley, bounded as follows:
Beginning at the public road, running by land of Peter A. Brinsmade, William Ladd & William Hooper, North thirty-six degrees west, two hundred & sixteen feet to land of Paulo Francisco de Marin; thence by said Marini's land, north fifty-two degrees east, seventy-five feet, thence by the road round to the first-mentioned bound; also one undivided half of the land & wharf, bounded northerly by land occupied by the Government as a market place, beginning at the land of the aforesaid Brinsmade, Ladd & Hooper, running by the said market place to the sea, again from said corner bound running southeasterly, by the southwest side of the land of the above-named Brinsmade, Ladd & Hooper, to the corner
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of their premises by the aforesaid public road from said corner to the stern of the vessel forming corner of the wharf along the Hotel premises, the said land, buildings and premises are intitled to the privilege of a passage and cart-way at all times through the land of Brinsmade, Ladd & Hooper aforesaid, from and to the wharf & land pertaining to the wharf, unto and out of the premises hereby granted and sold.
To have and to hold the said estates and premises with all the privileges thereunto belonging unto the said Eliab Grimes and Josiah Thomson, their heirs & assigns forever.
And further I, the said Stephen Reynolds, do hereby covenant & agree for myself, heirs & a assigns forever to warrant & defend the premises aforesaid against the lawful ....
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.... he was pleased with our work and remarking,
"The work is for you and the sea is mine." With this statement the King approved of the work at this time.
In May of 1840, the King issued an announcement about the lands held by the haole, which i have at this time. The King said, "It is not the intent of the kings to relinquish the right to a property, however, it is not their feeling also that it (property interest) be retained by the government, instead a reasonable annual payment should be made to the government."
In the beginning of the year 1842 I asked Mr. Webster of Washington on his opinion about the estate of an American as contained in the proclamation. Here is his writing:"Do not cause to dissolve this issue. This proclamation has become valuable to the government also it should be binding for all times. Your estate should be governed by taxes and laws."
Reynolds sworn and he testified:
I first saw Mr.. Pako (Babcock) living on the property in the year 1820. In 1823 Kalanimoku approved of the work and lived there personally to watch this work. When both Aluli (Jones) and Mika Pako (Mister Babcock) went on a trip the work fell to Thomas Clark and when Aluli (Jones) returned in 1825, he (Aluli) (Jones) did work for Ohule (ma) to the year 1834 when the property was sold to Capt. Hikale (Hinckley) and he in turn sold to Mr. Ladd & Co. the place where they now reside and it has been their property since that time. At the end of the year 1836 Capt. Hikale (Hinckley) sold the land Mr. Grimes is living now to me, and in April 1837, I sold it to Mr. Grimes.
At the time we were transacting with Capt. Hikale (Hinckley), we went to see the King at which time he approved of the transaction and instructed that the approval statement be written on the face of the document. Charles Smith did write it and gave it to the King. The King asked me not to sign until Capt. Hikale (Hinckley) returned. I did not see Smith and Capt. Hikale {Hinckley) go but I saw the following words, "I have consented." That is all I have seen, but for Ladd and Grimes authority in constructing the wharf, is not the same portion.
[Award 38; R.P. 5726; Nuuanu St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; .5109 square feet.; R.P. 5727; Nuuanu St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; 5109 square feet.; R.P. 5728; Marine St. Honolulu Kona, 6822 square feet; R.P. to Grimes & Thompson]