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- ... that Harvard-educated William Little Lee became the first Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1848 at the age of only 27?
- ... that King Leopold signed a contract with Ladd & Co. for Belgian colonization of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1843?
- ... that clients of wandering frontier lawyer John Ricord included Sam Houston and Hawaiian King Kamehameha III?
- ... that former Scottish doctor Robert Crichton Wyllie (pictured) proposed a plan for British colonization of California in the 1840s?
- ... that former Spanish sailor Francisco de Paula Marín (1774–1837) introduced many crops such as pineapple to Hawaii?
- ... that despite inheriting the vast Parker Ranch as a child, Richard Smart (1913–1992) became an actor and singer in musical theater on Broadway?
- ... that a fire set to destroy buildings infected by bubonic plague in 1900 destroyed most of the Chinatown of Honolulu?