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No. 11298, John Nomore, Hilo, October 21, 1854
F.T. 95-97v5
To the Honorable Board of Commissioners for Quieting Land Titles.
Gentlemen::
The humble petition of John Nomore shewith [shows] that in the month of August A.D. 1854 Kalepolepo arrived from Oahu having an adjudicated claim to the land of Punahoa 2 and to my surprise told me I have no claim to the house lot I now occupy, for that my claim had not been entered during the time allowed by law, & threatened me with an ejectment unless I pay him an heavy yearly rent which is beyond my means.
Your petitioner therefore prayeth that he may be permitted to lay before your honorable Board the evidence as taken before John Pelham, Esquire who is connected with our honorable board, as also to present to you the reason why and how my claim came not to be heard and forwarded to your Board with the other land claims. The late Governor Leleiohoku ordered me to leave our house lot I then occupied on Papahonua, letting me to chose another place in exchange; I first thought of building on the beach on Punahoa 2, but finally went to Kailua to know with certainty from the Governor Leleiohoku, where I should chose another house lot and whether I should receive indemnity for the buildings and other improvements I had on Piihonua. The Governor Leleiohoku told me to chose my spot on Punahoa 2, which he would cause to be enclosed by a Tea fence and give it to me both in exchange and compensation and that I must consider it as such, he then gave me a letter to Mr. Pitman and Kaiwi, the Lunaauhau, with directions to them pursuant to which, they put me in possession of the house lot I occupy present[ly] on Punahoua 2.
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.... place on Punahoua and when he had chosen a place to tell him and he would given it him in the stead of this place on Piihonua. He also told Kaiwi the Lunaauhau who was there at the time that when John Nomore had selected his place to build a Tea fence round it. I know that Kaiwi did enclose the house lot now occupied by John Nomore, because the Governor, Kaiwi, myself, and others coming up from Kaiwi's house, he shewed [showed] it to the Governor, and told that was John Nomore's place which he had given him and enclosed and the Governor said it was good. It was the next the Governor came to Hilo after he told John Nomore to leave Piihonua.
(No deliberative Council held in these cases, consequently [disappeared?]).
F.T. 100v5
No. 11298, John Nomore
Excerpt in Hawaiian at the end of the English testimony.
Wailuku, Maui, 9 November, 1854
Enoka H. Kawailepo my beloved keiki, Aloha to you,
I have received your letter of 31 October inquiring about my entering the claim of a haole, Keoni Moa /John Nomore/ in Punahoa, Hilo. Hear you, my keiki, I deny, I absolutely did not. My work was on the claims first entered in the year 1846-7-8, and recorded in the Book of the Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles and so also in my Book accompanying it to take the sworn testimony, that was all.
Furthermore, I was not directed to go and speak to the haoles and the native Hawaiians about entering new claims after the years 1849-50-51, until this time; there is no Law for that.
With peace and affection to my keiki, for your inquiry. Those of us living in the land of your birth are well.
Z. KAAUWAI
[No. 11298 not awarded]