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Franklin Seaver Pratt, also known as Franklyn or Frank S. Pratt, was an American businessman, public servant and diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as the Hawaiian consul for the Pacific States of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington around the time of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. Pratt married Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui, a member of Hawaiian nobility, and he defended her claims to the Hawaiian crown lands during the overthrow. He died shortly after his return to Hawaii.
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Sovereignty Restoration Day is a national holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom celebrated on July 31 and still commemorated by Native Hawaiians in Hawaii. It honors the restoration of sovereignty to the kingdom, following the occupation of Hawaiʻi by Great Britain during the 1843 Paulet Affair, by British Rear-Admiral Richard Darton Thomas and when King Kamehameha III uttered the phrase: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono.
William Henry Daniels was a Hawaiian judge, lawyer, and businessman of Wailuku, Maui during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was declined reappointment to his office as district magistrate for refusing to take an oath to the Provisional Government of Hawaii and was arrested by the Republic of Hawaii for suspected involvement in the 1895 Counter-Revolution in Hawaii.
John William Kalua, sometime referred to as Keahiowailuku, was a Native Hawaiian politician of Hawaii. He served in the legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Territory of Hawaii for the island of Maui.
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- ↑ "About Hawaii holomua. (Honolulu) 1891–1895". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ Library of Congress. "About The Hawaiian gazette."
- ↑ "About Hilo tribune. (Hilo, Hawaii) 1895–1917". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "About The Honolulu advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaii Territory) 1921–2010 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ↑ "About Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912–current « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ↑ "About The Pacific commercial advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856–1888". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "About Polynesian. (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844–1864". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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