Joel Roberts Poinsett papers 1808-1840

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Joel Roberts Poinsett papers 1808-1840

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2446

These papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett consist primarily of letters written to him by Mexican and Chilean officials from 1814 to 1840. Most of these were written during his ministry to Mexico. The papers also include a few other letters and documents. In Spanish

.1 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312573

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...