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'''Charles Ames Washburn''' (1822–1889), also known as '''C. A. Washburn''', was the U.S. Minister to [[Paraguay]] |
'''Charles Ames Washburn''' (1822–1889), also known as '''C. A. Washburn''', was the U.S. Minister to [[Paraguay]] |
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==Biography== |
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He was born in [[Livermore, Maine|Livermore]], [[Maine]]. He was the son of [[Israel Washburn]] Sr.; nephew of Reuel Washburn; brother of Israel, Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden and William Drew. He went to [[California]] for the 1849 [[Gold Rush]]. |
He was born in [[Livermore, Maine|Livermore]], [[Maine]]. He was the son of [[Israel Washburn]] Sr.; nephew of Reuel Washburn; brother of Israel, Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden and William Drew. He went to [[California]] for the 1849 [[Gold Rush]]. |
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Revision as of 21:37, 9 January 2013
Charles Ames Washburn (1822–1889), also known as C. A. Washburn, was the U.S. Minister to Paraguay
He was born in Livermore, Maine. He was the son of Israel Washburn Sr.; nephew of Reuel Washburn; brother of Israel, Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden and William Drew. He went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush.
In 1854 in San Francisco, Washburn and Benjamin Franklin Washington fought a duel with rifles at forty paces. Washburn was severely wounded by the second shot fired at him. Neither died.
Washburn was later Presidential Elector for California, 1860; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay, 1861–63; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1863–68; novelist; and inventor of an early typewriter.
See also
External links
- Charles Ames Washburn at the United States Department of State
- http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hbabs2.htm
- http://timelines.ws/cities/SF_A_1892.HTML
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