Information about Mahele Documents
This section provides Mahele Documentation. The Mahele or Land Commission documents are a set of some 30,000+ documents created between 1846 and 1853 after King Kamehameha III decided to distribute land in private ownership. These documents are an incredibly rich “slice of life” for this time period in the Hawaiian islands. The Mahele documents are often researched by those interested in land use, however, these documents include the history of the people here in Hawai`i, and their attachment to the sea and the land at that time. Click on any of the images below to view or download the article.
Foreign Testimony Books
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