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Andres A. Caceres, Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru, personally signed a two-page letter to Sanford B. Dole, dated September 10, 1894, recognizing the Republic. The Minister of Foreign affairs sent an accompanying letter.
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Oscar, King of Sweden and Norway of the Goths and Vandals, personally signed a letter in Swedish to Sanford B. Dole dated December 17, 1894, recognizing the Republic. There is a translation into French, but not English.
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Emma, Queen Regent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, personally signed a two-page letter dated November 2, 1894 to President Sanford B. Dole, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. A two-page translation into English was certified as accurate by the Netherlands local consul in Honolulu, John Paty, who also sent a cover letter to Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis M. Hatch.
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President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico personally signed a one-page letter in Spanish to President Sanford B. Dole on August 8, 1894, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico sent an accompanying one-page letter in Spanish. The Secretary’s letter was accompanied by an English translation.
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King Umberto I of Italy personally signed a one-page letter in Italian to President Dole dated September 23, 1894, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. Two-page translation into English, translation certified as accurate by the consul of Italy in Honolulu on October 6, 1894 with seal of consulate next to his signature.
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Jose Maria Reina Barrios, President of the Constitutional Republic of Guatemala, personally signed a two-page letter to President Sanford Dole on September 30, 1894, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii.
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Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, personally signed a two-page letter to President Sanford Dole, dated October 4, 1894, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. There is a two-page English translation. The German foreign minister wrote a one-page cover letter to Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis M. Hatch.
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Casimir Perier, President of the Republic of France, sent a personally signed two-page letter to President Sanford Dole dated August 31, 1894, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. The letter is in French and there is no translation.
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This is the original letter sent by Princes Kung (now spelled Gong) and Ching (now spelled Qing) on behalf of Kuangsu (now spelled Guangxu), the Emperor of China, sent on October 22, 1894 to President Sanford B. Dole, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. Interestingly, the name on the envelope refers to Dole as Prince of the Kingdom, although the letter itself refers to Dole as President.
The Chinese-style date (reign date) appearing in the Mandarin language and its English translation is the 14th day of the 8th month of the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Kuangsu. The English-language translator at that time wrote that that date was September 12, 1894. Thus the letter from Hawaii requesting recognition was received in China on September 12 and was answered on October 22. During that period China was engaged in the first Sino-Japanese war, which Japan won, forcing China to give Korea to Japan and also to pay a large indemnity. Despite being embroiled in a disastrous war, the government of China apparently considered Hawaii sufficiently important that it made time to send a letter to Sanford B. Dole granting diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Hawaii (although it took six weeks to do so). Read the rest of this entry »
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On September 26, 1894 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile sent a two-page letter on behalf of his government to President Sanford B. Dole, recognizing the Republic of Hawaii. The letter, in Spanish, was received in Honolulu on December 12. There is no English translation.