Lot 445
King Kamehameha IV, Autograph Letter Signed "L" on 8¾" x 7¼" Royal stationery (Medcalf #20) black bordered with "K IV" crown imprint, reading "My Dear John, Give our kind love to Lydia in the first place. Then be so good as to tell John the postmaster to bring me down some note paper when he comes down on Thursday, and also send a case or cask of Rum by the little sloop which will arrive here early tomorrow. Send me also a [Drawing of Hand Drill] I don't know what they call, but the thing they use it with is called a bit it is a Carpenters instrument. Yours J. October 8/62." and postscript "P.S. Tell Webster to send me down a harrow or have one made."; light file folds, Very Fine.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $950