4pp., folio, 12 1/2 x 18 in. Disbound (partial separation at central fold, fully separated at central horizontal fold line with remnants of previous tape repairs, chipping, corner/edge wear.) Provenance: Library of Stephen Foreman (blindstamp on newspaper, p.3, lower right). 

Rare, early Hawaiian English-language newspaper containing a lengthy, detailed obituary (in 2 columns) of Reverend Samuel Whitney, who was among the first missionaries to arrive in Hawaii (in 1820). Whitney was sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and was in the First Company to arrive in Hawaii.