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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Goldsborough , Charles Washington 1779 -1843 (search)
Goldsborough, Charles Washington 1779-1843
Author; born in Cambridge, Md., April 18, 1779; became secretary of the naval board in 1841.
He was the author of The United States naval chronicle; and History of the American Navy.
He died in Washington, D. C., Sept. 14, 1843.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Murray , William Vans 1762 -1803 (search)
Murray, William Vans 1762-1803
Diplomatist; born in Cambridge, Md., in 1762; received a classical education; and after the peace in 1783 studied law in the Temple, London; returned about 1785, practised law, served in his State legislature, and was in Congress from 1791 to 1797.
He was an eloquent speaker and a keen diplomatist; was appointed by Washington minister to the Batavian Republic, and by Adams sole envoy extraordinary to the French Republic.
Ellsworth and Davie afterwards joined him. He was instrumental in the arrangement of the convention signed in Paris in September, 1800, between America and France, and then returned to his mission at The Hague.
He died in Cambridge, Dec. 11, 1803.