Hawaii-Lincoln Connection

Aloha Kakou:

This being President's Day, I thought you might find interesting this article from February 12's Honolulu Advertiser. It talks about a personal letter sent to King Kamehameha V from Abraham Lincoln on the death of Kamehameha's younger brother, Kamehameha IV. The letter now resides in the Hawaii state archives.

I don't know about you, but my history lessons never included anything about Hawaii prior to statehood, so I always find these types of stories to be revelations.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090212/NEWS01/902120361