First president of the Republic of Hawaii and founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (1844-1926). Manuscript DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, April 12, 1880. In part: "Know all men that I Sanford B. Dole of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands, the Administrator duly appointed and qualified by the Supreme Court of the said Hawaiian Islands as the Administrator of the estate of Herbert N. Ager late of Wailuku…hereby make, constitute and appoint John Hatch of Portsmouth, of the State of New Hampshire…my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name as such Administrator, to ask, demand, sue for, receive and recover all moneys and other property whatsoever." Signed at the conclusion by Dole, and countersigned by diplomat Frank P. Hastings, "F. P. Hastings." An official certificate from the US Consulate at Honolulu, also signed by Hastings, is tied between the pages with a green ribbon. In fine condition.
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