- John Coffin Jones
John Coffin Jones Jr. (1796-1861) was the first United States Consular Agent of
Hawaii . He was appointed to the position in 1820.He was considered an advocate for commercial interests in Hawaii, and was often in conflict with missionary elements in the island. [Lightner, Richard, "Hawaiian History: An Annotated Bibliography", p.71, (2004) Praeger/Greenwood, ISBN SBN 0-313-28233-1] His career was full of turmoil and complaint, and had limited support or instruction from
Washington . [Johnson,Donald D. and Best, Gary D., "The United States in the Pacific: Private Interests and Public Policies, 1784-1899", p.59, Praeger Publishers , ISBN 0-275-95055-7]References
Further reading
* Gast, Ross H. "Contentious consul: A biography of John Coffin Jones, first United States consular agent at Hawaii", Dawson's Book Shop (1976), ISBN 087093175X
External links
[http://consularcorpshawaii.org/sp-history.html Consular Corps Hawaii]
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