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- 1 2 "Godfrey Rhodes Departs". Evening Bulletin. September 8, 1897. p. 5, col. 2.
- ↑ "Hawaiian Coffee". Polynesian. March 3, 1849.; Kuykendall 1938 , p. 320
- 1 2 "Was Remembered". March 9, 1897. p. 1, cols. 4–5.
- ↑ Kuykendall 1938 , pp. 266–267
- ↑ "Godfrey Rhodes Office Record" (PDF). Hawaii State Archives Digital Collection.
- ↑ Lydecker 1918 , pp. 32, 107, 113
- ↑ Lydecker 1918 , pp. 139, 143, 156
- ↑ Lydecker 1918 , pp. 139, 156
- ↑ At the king's bedside at this moment were, on the right, Reverend J. Sanders Reed, Colonel Macfarlane, and Admiral Brown; on the left, Colonel Baker, Kalua, and Kahikina; at the foot of the bed, Mrs. Swan, Consul McKinley, and Dr. Woods; grouped around the room, Lieut. Dyer, Charles R. Bishop, Godfrey Rhodes, Judge Hart, Senator G. E. Whitney, Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Price, Mrs. J. S. Reed, and Claus Spreckels. Kuykendall 1967 , pp. 472–473
- ↑ "Hon Godfrey Rhodes' Will". Evening Bulletin. September 24, 1897. p. 1, col. 5.
- ↑ Kuykendall 1967 , pp. 477, 510, 602
- ↑ "Late Godfrey Rhodes (funeral details)". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. September 9, 1897. p. 6, col. 3.
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