Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1836, Sept. 14 | Born near Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 1858 | Principal, Hamilton Male Academy, Harrison, Tenn., following
graduation from Strawberry Plains College in East Tennessee Married Judith Ann Potts (died 1897) |
| 1861 | Moved to Georgia and was admitted to the bar |
| 1862-1865 | Edited Columbus Daily Sun |
| 1870-1872 | Edited Atlanta New Era |
| 1873-1876 | U.S. minister to Columbia |
| 1878-1882 | U.S. consul at Chin-Kiang, and then at Canton, China |
| 1882-1885 | U.S. minister to Columbia |
| 1889-1892 | U.S. minister to Venezuela |
| 1894 | Appointed legal adviser and special agent of Venezuelan government, particularly with respect to the boundary dispute with Great Britain |
| 1898 | Published Brief concerning the Question of Boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana |
| 1912, July 18 | Died, Atlanta, Ga. |