George Washington Bates
fl. 1850s
American missionary and author. Published a record of travels through Hawaiian Islands under the pen name ‘A Häolé’ (1854). Contemporaries suggested George Washington Bates was the pseudonym of William Baker, tried for bigamy in New York in 1854 and sentenced to three years in Sing Sing.
Source
Forbes 1999–2003, 3: 94–6.
Bibliography
Forbes, David W. 1999–2003. Hawaiian national bibliography, 1780–1900. 4 vols. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press in association with Hordern House, Sydney.
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