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(HAWAII.) A Narrative of Five Youth from the Sandwich Islands. 8vo, disbound; foxing. New York, 1816
- Notes: first edition. Includes biographies of Thomas Hopu, William Tennoe, John Honoree, Prince Tamoree and Henry Obookiah. "This publication, which aroused all New England to the plight of the natives 'suffering from the ignorance of Christianity' was directly responsible for public support of the Foreign Mission School and ultimately the beginning of the movement that sent missionaries to Hawaii in 1819"--Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography 456; Sabin 51790.
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