[HAWAII] — SAMUEL C. DAMON [EDITOR] | The Friend ... [vol. V]. Honolulu: Charles Edwin Hitchcock, 1847

HAWAII — SAMUEL C. DAMON (EDITOR)

The Friend ... [vol. V]. Honolulu: Charles Edwin Hitchcock, 1847

Volume V, Numbers 1-24, bound together, 4to. 192pp, woodcut illustrations. Expertly bound to style in half calf and period marbled paper covered boards.

A full year's run of a noted Hawaiian newspaper

Beginning publication in January 1843, under the title Temperance Advocate, the newspaper began under the present title, The Friend, with the January 1845 issue, continuing publication into the 20th century. "The expressed intent of the proprietor [Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon, Seaman's Chaplain for Honolulu] was to produce a 'Temperance paper' for the benefit of seamen, and the subjects found on its pages (particularly during the first decade) reflected Damon's work in this vein among sailors and crews of whale ships ... Damon, however, also made an effort to include general information and news of interest to those in the Pacific and in New England" (Forbes). Of particular note in these early issues is a register of foreign residents in Honolulu (15 January 1847). Advertisements include notices of publications in Hawaii. Illustrations include a street map of Honolulu with 35 numbered references (15 January 1847).

Consecutive runs of issues from the newspaper's first decade are rare.

REFERENCE:

Forbes 1388