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No. 272, 273, 274, Joseph Booth, claimant, Honolulu, November 27, 1846
F.R. 171v1
Honorable Gentlemen:
I beg to submit to you for your consideration the following claims of lands &c granted to me at sundry times by the late Kapihi, and since confirmed to me & my heirs forever by his present Majesty and the late Premier Kekauluohe.
Namely:
1. A house lot in Honolulu, formerly known as the Eagle Tavern.
[margin note:] counter No. 260
2. A portion of the estate of Kiwalo, consisting of the ridge of mountain pasturage called Haili; the enclosure now known as Little Greenwich Hospital with a strip of land and kalo patches a little above, and five kalo patches a little below it in the ili called Kapuni and
[margin note:] Received 1 October 1847, 1 map and 4 surveys by Metcalf, 6 deeds, 4 surveys, & 1 plan, Returned to claimant by the Board on 17 January 1848, JHL.
3. Three fish ponds, and a part of the plain near the road leading to Waikiki.
I beg to inform you that I have had the above all properly surveyed, and that I am ready to produce the plans when called upon, also that the deeds were all recorded by his Excellency, J.P. Judd, who together with Mr. Wyllie and Dr. Rooke are acquainted with the particulars. The original documents can however be produced if required.
Signed, Joseph Booth
To the Honorable Board of Commissioners for quitting land titles
See Transactions page 88 [?]
F.T. 27-28v2
Claim No. 272, Joseph Booth, 243 and 274, October 1 [1847]
House lot in Honolulu, formerly known as the Eagle Tavern, See page 513
[margin note: Received A1, B1, C1, each intitialed by JHS, Secretary]
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That you may know that I, Kamehameha III, have consented that Keo Bu may live on the places Kapihi has given him and enjoy all the rights exactly as contained in their written agreement and shall love accordingly at this time. This document has been approved by me in the month of August 24, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and forty-two. Kamehameha III
N.T. 330v3
No. [272], 272C, Joseph Booth, September 9, 1848
(Copy)
This document expresses the thoughts of those who own the kingdom.
Because of the extensive help afforded us by Dr. T.C.B. Rooke, the man who has guarded us well, we /two/ are granting through this document a portion of Kewalo which Joseph Booth has at the present time until his death, together with a house site in Honolulu called "Eagle Tavern". This is adjoining the place whereon William Harbottle is living and Joseph Booth had acquired this to have until death. These lands have been for Kapili, who is dead, which he had bequested to Kamehameha III.
Upon the death of Joseph Booth, these places will then be for Dr. Rooke and his heirs who are born in the Hawaiian kingdom and should he desire to give or probably sell, he must do so to one born in the kingdom of Hawaii and never to any Caucasian of a foreign country, and he may have the protection of the Hawaiian laws when he does live according to the laws of the land.
[Margin note: Insertions in p. 3. line 7, by G.L. Kepau. Honolulu, September844]
We hereby write our signatures on this 6th day of September 1844 and sealing it with the seal of the government.
Kamehameha III,Kekauluohi
[Award 272; R.P. 301; Nuuanu St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap. .25 Ac.];