Joel Roberts Poinsett papers, 1810-1850 (bulk 1810-1821).

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Joel Roberts Poinsett papers, 1810-1850 (bulk 1810-1821).

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Correspondence, journals, notes, and memoranda relating to Poinsett's activities as special agent of the U.S. to Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty), 1810-1814; and as president of the South Carolina Board of Public Works, 1819-1821. Includes a memoranda book on the construction of the Columbia Canal, Saluda Canal, and other public works projects in South Carolina; a discourse (1841) by Poinsett on the National Institute for the Promotion of Science; copies of three letters from John Charles Frémont; and a few letters written during the time Poinsett was U.S. minister to Mexico (1825-1830), leader in the Union Party (S.C.), and U.S. secretary of war (1837-1841).

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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...