- Source: Charles Ames Washburn
Charles Ames Washburn (March 16, 1822 – January 26, 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 Washburn, Jr., Elihu B. Washburne, Cadwallader C. Washburn and William D. Washburn. 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.
A member of the Republican Party, 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
United States Ambassador to Paraguay
Paraguayan War
References
Charles Ames Washburn at the United States Department of State
https://legacy.sfgenealogy.org/sf/history/hbabs2.htm
http://timelines.ws/cities/SF_A_1892.HTML
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- Charles Ames Washburn
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- Israel Washburn
- Washburn
- Washburn family
- Livermore, Maine
- Wiscasset, Maine
- Paraguay expedition
- Independence of Paraguay
- Israel Washburn Jr.
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