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1864. Bishop is a founding member of the American Relief Fund Association, an organization providing welfare assistance for needy Americans who have resided in Hawai'i for 1 year and are employed. This association is comparable to aid societies of the British and German communities.

1865 April 11. The Order of Kamehameha I is established by Kamehameha V beginning the trend toward more awards and royal ostentation. Bishop is a member of the Executive Council of the Order and the Grand Council. He and his wife will receive many honors from the Hawaiian kingdom and from international governments.

1866 Bishop becomes interested in the laying of a Hawaii-California telecommunication cable. He invests in a California corporation and encourages legislation in Congress, and Hawai'i to make it happen. It is completed in 1902

1866 April 4. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop sail for San Francisco. Bishop looks for a bank partner after Aldrich leaves for San Francisco. He offers the partnership to William Chapman Ralston, cashier of the Bank of California. Ralston becomes the President of the Bank of California. Bishop becomes an important client of the Bank of California.

1867 June 10. Bishop is elected to the Board of Trustees of O‘ahu College.

1867-1870. Bishop buys and sells his sole ownership in Waialua Plantation.

1869. Bishop is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sailors' Home of Honolulu that would later become the YMCA (at Hotel and Alakea Streets) and presently the site of the Hawai‘i State Art Museum.

1869 December 21. Bishop is appointed to the Board of Education

1870. Bishop is on the Board of Trustees of Waialua Female Seminary, O‘ahu, a private school for Hawaiian girls

1871 The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce has Bishop's support. He becomes one of many signatories for incorporation papers . His friend William Little Lee was one of the original charter members in 1950. The Chamber declined during the depression of 1851 and sensitive to economic trends, it declines once again after this incorporation.

1871 June 8. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop begin a tour of Montreal, Quebec, Washington D.C. New York and Boston. They also visit Glens Falls, New York where they meet Mr. Bishop's relatives.

1872. Niece, Emma Bernice, daughter of brother Henry and his wife Caroline, comes to live with the Bishops in Honolulu for 3 years and accompanies them on their 1875-1876 European travels.

1872 November 6. The Hawaiian Immigration Society is formed to address the need for more plantation labor. Bishop is a member of the Executive Committee.

1872 December 11. King Kamehameha V (Lot Kapuaiwa) offers Pauahi the throne on his deathbed. Taken aback, she replies, "No, no, not me; don't think of me. I don't need it." The king dies an hour later. Lunalilo succeeds him.

1873. Ralston sells his half share in Bishop & Company to Bishop. Bishop is sole owner. He becomes Foreign Minister to King Lunalilo. He entertains foreign representatives at Haleakala.

1873. Bishop is reappointed to the Board of Education by King Lunalilo. As its President in 1874, he administers the new National Museum in Ali‘iolani Hale.

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