July 10, 1851: Treaty with Great Britain and Ireland

Below are excerpts from the 1851 treaty between the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and Great Britain and Ireland. A transcription of the Hawaiian language follows.

Available in Treaties, Treaties Great Britain 1851.

[Left column:]

He Olelo Kuikahi,
kalepa, a me ka hooho-
lo moku iwaena o ka

Moi, o Ke Alii Wahine
o Beritania Nui, a me
ke Alii Moi o ka pae ai-
na Hawaii

[Right column:]

O ka Moi, o Ke Alii Wahine o ke Aupuni hui o Beritania Nui a me Irelani, a me Ka Moi, Ke Alii o ko Hawaii pae Aina, no ko laua manao ana e hoomau, a e hoomaikai ae i ka noho kuikahi ana e noho nei me ka oluolu, a no ka manao e kokua ae i ka hana kalepa ana iwaena o ko laua poe kanaka; ua manao no laua he mea ku pono ke hana i ka Olelo Kuikahi no ka hoolauna; no ke kalepa a no ka hooholo moku ana; a nolaila, ua kuhikuhi laua i ko laua kanaka iho i mau Lunanui; Peneiia,

Available in Treaties, Treaties Great Britain 1851.

kahi, a e hoololiiana hoopaa ana, ma Honolulu, maloko o na malama he umi, a mamua ae hoi ina e hiki

I mea e maopopoai, ua kakauia na inoa o na Luna nui o kela aoao keia aoao, a ua kapiliia ko laua mau Sila ponoi.

Hanaia ma Honolulu,
i keia la umi o Iulai i
na Makahiki o ko kakou
Haku hookahi tausani
ewalu haneri a me kana-
lima kumamakahi.