Nicholas dreary
Nicholas Philip Trist (born June 2, 1800 in Charlottesville , Virginia , † February 11, 1874 in Alexandria , Virginia) was an American diplomat.
Trist was born on June 2, 1800 in Charlottesville. He attended West Point and studied law with Thomas Jefferson , whose granddaughter Virginia Jefferson Randolph he married. At times he was also Andrew Jackson's private secretary .
In 1833 Trist became consul in Havana , Cuba . As an advocate of slavery , he was involved in the illegal slave trade. An investigation by Congress came about , which ended with Trist's removal from Cuba. During the Mexican-American War , President James K. Polk sent him to Mexico to negotiate a ceasefire with the local government. Polk called him back, dissatisfied with what he had done. Trist ignored the instruction and concluded the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848 , in which the Mexicans against the payment of 15 million US dollars (in today's purchasing power around 500 million US dollars) and the assumption of Mexican debts from the Americans accepted the Rio Grande as the border of Texas and ceded a 1.36 million km² area, which includes the present-day states of Arizona , California , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah and a small part of Wyoming in the west .
On his return to Washington, DC , he was fired for insubordination and his expenses were not paid until 1871.
Trist died in Alexandria on February 11, 1874.
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| SURNAME | Sad, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trist, Nicholas Philip (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottesville , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1874 |
| Place of death | Alexandria , Virginia |