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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?