Aug. 19, 1880


to C. C. Coleman
Charles Carson Coleman

Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands


Postmarked
Hampton Aug. 19
New York Aug. 20
(X2, 3:30 & 4pm)
San Diego Cal. Aug. 28

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Charles Carson Coleman
was the husband of
Harriet Angeline (Castle) Coleman


Harriet Angeline Castle Coleman
(Honolulu born 1847-1924)

Harriet was the daughter of Samuel Northrop Castle,
of Castle & Cooke Fame.
On December 14, 1836, Samuel N. Castle and his wife Angeline L. Tenney
sailed from Boston to the Sandwich Islands on the Mary Frazier.
Juliette Montague and Amos Starr Cooke were on the same ship,
the Eighth Company of Missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
which arrived on April 9, 1837.
Castle became one of the co-founders of the Castle-Cooke financial institution,
which helped bankroll the Dole pineapple dynasty,
and became one of the 'Big Five' Sugar Corporations.
King Kamehameha V appointed Castle to his Privy Council on December 7, 1863.
He was elected to the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the House of Representatives in 1864.
He served on the Privy Council through the reign of King Lunalilo, until February 23, 1874.
King Kalākaua appointed him to the House of Nobles in the legislature from 1876 to 1880.

daughter Harriet Angeline Castle (1847–1924) married Charles Carson Coleman (1845–1935)
on January 12, 1876.

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Pair of Green THREE CENT Geo. Washington USA Stamps
Scott Number 158