ʻAʻole Hoʻohuiʻāina

Palapala Hoʻopiʻi Kūʻē Hoʻohuiʻāina - Petition Against Annexation, 1897-1898

21,269 signatures on the 1897 Anti-Annexation Petition
- 10,378 men
- 10,891 women
559 pages of the signature petition
- 307 pages of men's signatures
- 258 pages of women's signatures
32 districts on 5 islands

PALAPALA HOʻOPIʻI KŪʻĒ HOʻOHUIʻĀINA.

I ka Mea Mahalo ʻia WILLIAM McKINLEY, Peresidena,
a me ka ʻAha Senate, o ʻAmerika Huipū ʻia.

ME KA MAHALO :--

NO KA MEA, ua waiho ʻia aku imua o ka ʻAha Senate
o ʻAmerika Huipū ʻia he Kuʻikahi no ka Hoʻohui aku iā
Hawaiʻi nei iā Amerika Huipū ʻia i ʻōlelo ʻia, no ka noʻonoʻo ʻia
ma kona kau mau i loko o Dekemaba, M. H. 1897; nolaila,
ʻO MĀKOU, nā poʻe no lākou nā inoa malalo iho, he
poʻe makaʻāinanana a poʻe noho ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi hoʻi no ka
ʻĀpana o _________________________________, Mokupuni o
_________________________, he poʻe lālā no ka
ʻAHAHUI HAWAIʻI ALOHA ʻĀINA O KO HAWAIʻI PAE-
ʻĀINA, a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i like ka manaʻo makeʻe me ko
ka ʻAhahui i ʻōlelo ʻia, ke kūʻē aku nei me ka manaʻo ikaika
loa i ka hoʻohui ʻia aku o ko Hawaiʻi Paeʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia iā
ʻAmerika Huipū ʻia i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kekahi ʻano a loina paha.

PETITION AGAINST ANNEXATION.

To His Excellency WILLIAM McKINLEY, President,
and the Senate, of the United States of America.

GREETING :--

WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Senate of
the United States of America a Treaty for the Annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of
America, for consideration at its regular session in Decem-
ber, A.D. 1897; therefore,
WE, the undersigned, native Hawaiian citizens and
residents of the District of ________________________,
Island of ______________________, who are members
of the HAWAIIAN PATRIOTIC LEAGUE OF THE HAWAII-
AN ISLANDS, and other citizens who are in sympathy with the
said League, earnestly protest against the annexation
of the said Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of America in any form or shape.

IKEA--ATTEST :

____________________________________________________

Kākauʻōlelo--Secretary.

_________________________________________________

Peresidena-President.

Sept. 11th, 1897