Mott-Smith, John : [photography bio file].
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Mott-Smith, John, 1824-1895
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Albany, N.Y., dentist; California forty-niner; and Hawaiian dentist, businessman-planter, and government official. Seeing no prospects for wealth in his N.Y. dentistry practice, Smith (as he was then known) joined the Rensselaer County Exploring Company as one of twenty operators sailing to California in search of gold. On Mar. 8, 1849, he sailed for Chagres aboard the mail steamer "Falcon," journeyed across the Isthmus by boat and mule train to Panama City, and eventual...
