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Samuel Gardner Wilder

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Samuel Gardner Wilder (June 20, 1831 – July 28, 1888) was an American shipping magnate and politician who developed a major transportation company in the Kingdom of Hawaii. [1]

88 relations: Adams Express Company, Alameda, California, Alexander & Baldwin, American Civil War, Amos Starr Cooke, Big Five (Hawaii), Boston, Boy Scouts of America, Business magnate, California, California Gold Rush, Canada, Castle & Cooke, Celso Caesar Moreno, Charles B. McVay III, Chicago, China, Claus Spreckels, D. Howard Hitchcock, Don Ho, ʻIolani Palace, Geneva, Illinois, George R. Carter, Gerrit P. Judd, Governor of Hawaii, Guano, Hamakua, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Hawaii (island), Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaiian Humane Society, Henry A. P. Carter, Henry Perrine Baldwin, Hilo, Hawaii, Honeymoon, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Horticulture, Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, James A. King, Jarvis Island, John E. Bush (Hawaii politician), John Mott-Smith, Joseph Platt Cooke, Kalākaua, Kamehameha I, Kīlauea, ..., Kīnaʻu, Kimo Wilder McVay, Kingdom of Hawaii, Kohala, Hawaii, Kualoa Ranch, Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Leominster, Massachusetts, Likelike, London, Lunalilo, Mahukona Light, Makiki, Massachusetts, Maui, Mills College, Native Hawaiians, New York City, Oahu, Oahu Cemetery, Punahou School, Queen Emma of Hawaii, Ralph Simpson Kuykendall, Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, Royal Order of Kalākaua, Samuel Wilder King, San Francisco, Steamship, Sugar plantations in Hawaii, Sugarcane, Territory of Hawaii, The Honourable, Thomas Edison, Thomas F. Bayard, Tiny Bubbles, United States, University of Hawaii, Washington, D.C., 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Expand index (38 more) »

Adams Express Company

Adams Diversified Equity Fund, formerly Adams Express Company, is a publicly traded diversified equity fund.

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Alameda, California

Alameda (Spanish) is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.

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Alexander & Baldwin

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. is an American company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Amos Starr Cooke

Amos Starr Cooke (December 1, 1810 – March 20, 1871) was an American educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Big Five (Hawaii)

The Big Five (Hawaiian: Nā Hui Nui ʻElima) was the name given to a group of what started as sugarcane processing corporations that wielded considerable political power in the Territory of Hawaii during the early 20th century and leaned heavily towards the Hawaii Republican Party.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers.

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Business magnate

A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Castle & Cooke

Castle & Cooke, Inc., is a Los Angeles-based company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii.

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Celso Caesar Moreno

Celso Caesar Moreno (1830 – March 12, 1901) was a soldier of fortune, a controversial political figure on the world stage, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hawaii under Kalākaua.

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Charles B. McVay III

Charles B. McVay III (July 30, 1898 – November 6, 1968) was an American naval officer and the commanding officer of when it was lost in action in 1945, resulting in a massive loss of life.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Claus Spreckels

Claus Spreckels, formally Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908), (his last name has also been misspelled as Spreckles), was a major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican and territorial periods of the islands' history.

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D. Howard Hitchcock

David Howard Hitchcock (May 15, 1861 – January 1, 1943) was an American painter of the Volcano School, known for his depictions of Hawaii.

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Don Ho

Donald Tai Loy Ho (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007), better known as Don Ho, was an American traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer.

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ʻIolani Palace

The Iolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaii beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua.

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Geneva, Illinois

Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States.

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George R. Carter

George Robert Carter (December 28, 1866 – February 11, 1933) was the second Territorial Governor of Hawaii, serving from 1903 to 1907.

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Gerrit P. Judd

Gerrit Parmele Judd (April 23, 1803 – July 12, 1873) was an American physician and missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii who later renounced his American citizenship and became a trusted advisor and cabinet minister to King Kamehameha III.

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Governor of Hawaii

The Governor of Hawaii is the chief executive of the state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6.

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Guano

Guano (from Quechua wanu via Spanish) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats.

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Hamakua

Hāmākua is a district on the northeast coast of Hawaiokinai's Big Island, administered by the County of Hawaiokinai in the state of Hawaiokinai.

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Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hawaii (island)

Hawaiʻi is the largest island located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines (Hui Mokuleleo Hawaii) is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Hawaiian Humane Society

The Hawaiian Humane Society is an nonprofit, open admission animal shelter in Moiliili, Hawaii.

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Henry A. P. Carter

Henry Alpheus Peirce Carter, also known as Henry Augustus Peirce Carter (August 7, 1837 – November 1, 1891), was an American businessman, politician, and diplomat in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Henry Perrine Baldwin

Henry Perrine Baldwin (August 29, 1842 – July 8, 1911) was a businessman and politician on Maui in the Hawaiian islands.

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Hilo, Hawaii

Hilo is the largest settlement and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of HawaiOkinai.

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Honeymoon

A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds shortly after a wedding to celebrate their marriage.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Honolulu Harbor

Honolulu Harbor, also called Kulolia and Ke Awa O Kou, is the principal seaport of Honolulu and the State of Hawaiokinai in the United States.

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Honolulu Star-Bulletin

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company

Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company was headquartered in Honolulu and ran steamship passenger and cargo service between the Hawaiian Islands from 1883 until 1947.

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James A. King

James Anderson King (December 4, 1832 – October 16, 1899) was a ship's master who became a politician of the Republic of Hawaii.

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Jarvis Island

Jarvis Island (formerly known as Bunker Island, or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.

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John E. Bush (Hawaii politician)

John Edward Bush (February 15, 1842 – June 28, 1906), also known as John Edwin Bush, was a politician and newspaper publisher in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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John Mott-Smith

John Mott-Smith (November 25, 1824 – August 10, 1895) was the first dentist to set up a permanent practice in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Joseph Platt Cooke

Joseph Platt Cooke (January 4, 1730 – February 3, 1816) was an American military officer in the Revolutionary War, a Connecticut politician, and twice a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation.

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Kalākaua

Kalākaua (November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), born David Laamea Kamananakapu Mahinulani Naloiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of HawaiOkinai.

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Kamehameha I

Kamehameha I (– May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great (full Hawaiian name: Kalani Paiea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiikui Kamehameha o Iolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea), was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Kīlauea

Kīlauea is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiokinai.

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Kīnaʻu

Princess Kalani Ahumanu i Kaliko o Iwi Kauhipua o Kīnau, also known as Elizabeth Kīnau (c. 1805 – April 4, 1839) was Kuhina Nui of the Kingdom of Hawaiokinai as Kaahumanu II, Queen regent and Dowager Queen.

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Kimo Wilder McVay

Kimo Wilder McVay (September 16 1927–June 29 2001) was a musician turned talent manager, who successfully promoted Hawaiian entertainment acts.

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Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi originated in 1795 with the unification of the independent islands of Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi under one government.

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Kohala, Hawaii

Kona, and South Kohala Kona, and '''South Kohala''' (highlighted) Kohala is the name of the northwest portion of the island of Hawaiokinai in the Hawaiian Archipelago.

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Kualoa Ranch

Kualoa is a 4000-acre private nature reserve and working cattle ranch, as well as a popular tourist attraction and filming location on the windward coast of Ookinaahu in Hawaiokinai.

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Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii

The Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii was the bicameral (later unicameral) legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Leominster, Massachusetts

Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Likelike

Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili (January 13, 1851 – February 2, 1887) was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, sister of the last two ruling monarchs, mother of Princess Kaʻiulani, last heir to the throne, and mistress of the ʻĀinahau estate.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lunalilo

Lunalilo, born William Charles Lunalilo (January 31, 1835 – February 3, 1874), was the sixth monarch of the Hawaiʻi from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874.

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Mahukona Light

Māhukona is a former settlement on the island of Hawaiokinai.

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Makiki

Makiki is an area of Honolulu, Hawaiokinai, located northeast of downtown Honolulu, stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Maui

The island of Maui (Hawaiian) is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th-largest island in the United States.

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Mills College

Mills College is a liberal arts and sciences college located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oahu

O‘ahu (often anglicized Oahu) known as "The Gathering Place" is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Oahu Cemetery

The Oahu Cemetery is the resting place of many notable early residents of the Honolulu area.

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Punahou School

Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii.

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Queen Emma of Hawaii

Emma Kalanikaumakaamano Kaleleonālani Naea Rooke of Hawaii (January 2, 1836 – April 25, 1885) was queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863.

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Ralph Simpson Kuykendall

Ralph Simpson Kuykendall (April 12, 1885 – May 9, 1963) was an American historian who served as the trustee and secretary of the Hawaiian Historical Society from 1922 to 1932.

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Reciprocity Treaty of 1875

The Treaty of reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom (Hawaiian: Kuʻikahi Pānaʻi Like) was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875 that is generally known as the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

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Royal Order of Kalākaua

The Royal Order of Kalākaua I (Kalākaua I e Hookanaka) was instituted on 28 September 1875 by King Kalākaua I to commemorate his accession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on 12 February 1874.

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Samuel Wilder King

Samuel Wilder King (December 17, 1886March 24, 1959) was the eleventh Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1953 to 1957.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically drive (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Sugar plantations in Hawaii

Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaii by its first inhabitants and was observed by Captain Hegwood upon arrival in the islands in 1841Deerr, 1949 Sugar quickly turned into a big business and generated rapid population growth in the islands with 337,000 people immigrating over the span of a century.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.

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Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 12, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island and the Stewart Islands, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor.

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Thomas F. Bayard

Thomas Francis Bayard (October 29, 1828 – September 28, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware.

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Tiny Bubbles

"Tiny Bubbles" is a song written by Leon Pober and performed by Don Ho.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaiʻi system (formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH) is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the State of Hawaii in the United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii

The 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was a legal document prepared by the unicameral legislative body.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gardner_Wilder

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