The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: KALAKAUA, ¶ KING OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ¶ To all who shall see these Presents--Greeting. ¶ Know ye, That ¶ We have Appointed and Commissioned, and by these presents We Appoint and Commission...

Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M200a.50, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 82.02.13

Preferred Citation:

Kalakaua, King of Hawaii to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-02-13. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/82-02-13>, accessed September 11, 2025

MS is a certificate signed by the King, on which the Hawaiian seal has been impressed. See also W. Allen to M, 15 February 1882.

KALAKAUA,

KING OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

To all who shall see these Presents--Greeting.

Know ye, That

We have Appointed and Commissioned, and by these presents We Appoint and Commission

Baron Ferdinand Von Müeller

to be

Knight Companion

of Our Royal Order of KALAKAUA, to exercise and enjoy all the Rights, Pre-eminences and Privileges to the same of right appertaining, and to wear the Insignia as by Decree created.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Letters to be made Patent and the Seal of Our Kingdom to be hereunto affixed.

Given Under Our Hand, at Our Palace, in Honolulu, this thirteenth day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty two.

Kalakaua Rex.

BY THE KING,

The Chancellor of the Royal Order of Kalakaua,

Jno O. Dominis