SOURCE / archival record
Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
About this source
A bilingual Hawaiian-and-English petition and archival description; the petition preserves named Kanaka Maoli opposition, mediated here through a U.S. repository.
CLAIM CONNECTIONS / 3
Where this source is used
The 1897 annexation treaty failed to secure Senate support after organized opposition, while Congress enacted annexation through the Newlands joint resolution in July 1898.
- supports · archival description, paragraphs 19–23; Newlands Resolution linked primary record
The petition presented Hawaiian and English texts; the National Archives repository supplies access but does not replace the named Hawaiian organization and signatories as the political actors.
- supports · archival description, paragraph 16; petition SEN 55A-J11.2
Hui Aloha ʻĀina's bilingual 1897 petition against annexation carried 21,269 Native Hawaiian signatures collected across five principal islands.
- supports · archival description, paragraphs 15–18; petition SEN 55A-J11.2