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IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE JOHN YOUNG HOMESTEAD SITE, HAWAII (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Pieces of wood from an in situ threshold at the John Young Homestead Site, Hawaii, were submitted for identification. John Young was a British sailor who was stranded in Hawaii in 1790. Young became King Kamehameha's military advisor and trading agent, and was made governor of the island from 1802 to 1812. The threshold is within the entrance located in the western wall of the main residence. The John Young residence and several features on the site were constructed in 1798, and might have...