Albert Pierce Taylor was an author and authority on the history of Hawai'i (publishing Under Hawaiian Skies, an account of the development of the Hawaiian monarchy), veteran newspaper man on staff at The Honolulu Advertiser, and librarian of the Archives of the Territory of Hawai'i. He died on 12 Jan 1931 in his office at the archives building after suffering a heart attack. Albert was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 18 December 1872. Albert's father was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada and a relative of Sir John MacDonald, the first premier of Canada. He received his early education in schools at Leadville, Colorado and later at Salt Lake City, where he graduated in 1890 from St. Mark's High School. In 1896, Albert returned to St. Louis to become a clerk in the National Silver Party headquarters. He was an assistant at the party's convention that year when William Jennings Bryan became nominated for president. Albert opened the party's national headquarters in Washington DC and was in charge of that office throughout Bryan's campaign. Upon McKinley's election as President, Albert moved to Cuba and served with the Cuban forces in their war with Spain. He was arrested and then deported, returned to New York States with no money. In 1897, Albert joined Lorrin A. Thurston in Washington, coming to Hawai'i in 1898 to become secretary of W.R. Frear, a member of the commission that drafted the Organic Act for Hawai'i. His first marriage to Miss Ella De Mund began in 1896, by which he had daughter Mrs. Wheeler Peck. He married Emma Ahuena Davidson in 1903, who survived Albert's death. Albert's funeral, held on 14 Jan 1931 in Nuuanu Cemetery, was attended by Governor Lawrence M. Judd, former Governor Lorrin A. Thurston, Chief Justice Antonio Perry, Colonel C.P. Iaukea, and other Territorial officals.