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An American historian and philologist; born in Georgia, Oct. 31, 1810; died in New York, Jan. 5, 1871. He was secretary of legation at Mexico (1850-52), and at Madrid (1855-58). He made an exhaustive study of Mexican history and antiquities, and published many monographs and historical papers. Among them are: "Narrative of Hernando de Soto" (1854); "Documents relating to the History of Florida" (1857); "A Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language" (1861); "Grammar of the Pina Language" (1862).