Hawaiian Kingdom (1845-1861)
13-579: Edwin Oscar Hall (?-?) Charles Gordon Hopkins (1848-1849, 1855-1860) The Polynesian was a 4-8 page weekly newspaper published in Honolulu , that had two periods of publication: from June 6, 1840, to December 11, 1841, and then from May 18, 1844, to February 6, 1864. From 1845 to 1861, it was the official publication of the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom . The Polynesian was
26-605: A Hawaii newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edwin Oscar Hall Edwin Oscar Hall (1810–1883) was a businessman who was appointed Minister of Finance by Kamehameha III , serving in that capacity for one year. He was subsequently appointed Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 10, 1873, by King Lunalilo . After Lunalilo's death, he remained in
39-563: A one-year period inbetween two periods of service by Gerrit P. Judd . In 1873, Hall was appointed Minister of the Interior by King Lunalilo . Upon Lunalilo's death, King Kalākaua formed his own cabinet, and Hall was replaced by Hermann A. Widemann on February 17, 1874. Hall and his first wife had four children. On her death, he married Mary Lyon Dame in 1878 in Pennsylvania. Hall died September 19, 1883, in Falmouth, Maine, but
52-551: The Hawaiian Government bought a printing press and The Polynesian. King Kamehameha III commissioned the paper as the "Official Journal of the Hawaiian Government." As such, it published copies of enacted legislation, as well as policies of Kamehameha III and his successor, Kamehameha IV . Meanwhile, it continued to feature "local and international news, business and shipping news, police reports, editorials, and fiction," with its length depending on how much news there
65-486: The couple sailed out of Boston for Hawaii, then known as the "Sandwich Islands", on the merchant ship Hellespont , docking in Honolulu Harbor on June 6, 1835. Also on board were bookbinder Henry Dimond and his wife, school teachers Lydia Brown and Elizabeth M. Hitchcock, and missionary Rev. Titus Coan and his wife. Hall, Dimond and the teachers were secular missionaries, rather than ordained ministers. Hitchcock
78-592: The government of the Hawaiian Kingdom . The Polynesian was the leading newspaper in Oahu in the mid-1800s. James Jackson Jarves founded the newspaper in June 1840, running it with funds from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions , advertisements, and subscriptions. However, it was not profitable, and was closed after two and half years of publication. Written for Honolulu's foreign residents, it
91-615: The leading newspaper in Oahu in the mid-1800s. James Jackson Jarves founded the newspaper in June 1840, running it with funds from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions , advertisements, and subscriptions. However, it was not profitable, and was closed after two and half years of publication. Written for Honolulu's foreign residents, it was among the first Hawaiian newspapers to feature puff pieces that were barely disguised advertising. Jarves restarted The Polynesian in May 1844, positioning it as impartial. However, in 1845,
104-663: The position until Kalākaua replaced him on February 17, 1874, with Hermann A. Widemann . Born in 1810 at Walpole, New Hampshire, Edwin Hall was educated at Canandaigua Academy, New York, and trained for the printing trade at Detroit and New York City. Hall and his wife Sarah Lyons Williams were part of the Seventh Company of missionaries sent to the Kingdom of Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions . On December 5, 1834, one month after their marriage,
117-525: Was a sister to missionary Rev. Harvey Rexford Hitchcock on Molokai . On their June 6,1835 arrival, the Halls were stationed in Honolulu. After serving with the mission board for 15 years, Hall took over the editorial duties of the secular Honolulu newspaper The Polynesian . He soon formed his own mercantile business. Kamehameha III appointed Hall as temporary Minister of Finance in 1849, serving
130-683: Was among the first Hawaiian newspapers to feature puff pieces that were barely disguised advertising. Jarves restarted The Polynesian in May 1844, positioning it as impartial. However, in 1845, the Hawaiian Government bought a printing press and The Polynesian. King Kamehameha III commissioned the paper as the "Official Journal of the Hawaiian Government." As such, it published copies of enacted legislation, as well as policies of Kamehameha III and his successor, Kamehameha IV . Meanwhile, it continued to feature "local and international news, business and shipping news, police reports, editorials, and fiction," with its length depending on how much news there
143-423: Was buried in Honolulu. The Polynesian Hawaiian Kingdom (1845-1861) Edwin Oscar Hall (?-?) Charles Gordon Hopkins (1848-1849, 1855-1860) The Polynesian was a 4-8 page weekly newspaper published in Honolulu , that had two periods of publication: from June 6, 1840, to December 11, 1841, and then from May 18, 1844, to February 6, 1864. From 1845 to 1861, it was the official publication of
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#1732782644944156-727: Was to print that week. Despite being the mouthpiece of the Hawaiian government, Jarves had a pro-American editorial bias, promoting Christianity and Western culture as superior, advocating for the Great Māhele , and endorsing English language for instruction in schools. In 1848, Jarves left Hawaii, and his printer Charles Gordon Hopkins became editor. Abraham Fornander , who edited several other Honolulu newspapers through 1853 then served as editor of The Polynesian , buying it in 1861. It proved not to be profitable, publishing its last edition on February 6, 1864. This article about
169-613: Was to print that week. Despite being the mouthpiece of the Hawaiian government, Jarves had a pro-American editorial bias, promoting Christianity and Western culture as superior, advocating for the Great Māhele , and endorsing English language for instruction in schools. In 1848, Jarves left Hawaii, and his printer Charles Gordon Hopkins became editor. Abraham Fornander , who edited several other Honolulu newspapers through 1853 then served as editor of The Polynesian , buying it in 1861. It proved not to be profitable, publishing its last edition on February 6, 1864. This article about
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