Hawaii: Today in History 9/4

9-4-1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 

•J. Mott-Smith. (1824-1895). A dentist from New York, he
arrived in Hawai’i in 1851 and practiced dentistry in
Honolulu. His other positions included editor of the Hawaiian
Gazette in 1866 when it was started to defend the constitution
of King Kamehameha V, minister of finance1869-1872, minister
of the interior 1876-78, friend of Kalakaua and Lili’uokalani
who was sent to Washington D.C. to support the cause of the
kingdom. In 1891 he returned to Hawai’i to become minister of
finance under Queen Lili’uokalani , later he became minister
plenipotentiary to Washington until 1893.

In 1866 Kamakau began his history of Kamehameha I, which
he continued through the death of Kamehameha III in October
14, 1868. He also began a new series in this issue, treating
antiquities and traditions of Hawai’i. This series ended in January 9, 1869 in the Kuokoa, but continued in a rival
newspaper, Au Okoa, under the title of “Ka Moolelo Hawaii,”
and which continued until February 2, 1871.