Death and Legacy
He bequeathed a book fund at Harvard College Library in his name, focusing specifically on South Seas literature. His Ex libris bookplate contains personal coat of arms, arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the Harvard College Shield. He died June 5, 1935 and was buried at the mission houses cemetery at KawaiahaŹ»o Church.
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