Traveller; born in Kennet Square, Pa., Jan. 11, 1825; became a printer's apprentice at seventeen years of age, and at about the same time wrote verses with much facility.
His rhymes were collected and published in a volume in 1844, entitled
Ximena.
In 1844–
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46 he made a tour on foot in
Europe, of which he published (1846) an account in
Views afoot.
In 1847 he went to New York and wrote for the
Literary world and for the
Tribune, and in 1848 published
Rhymes of travel.
In 1849 he
became owner of a share in the
Tribune, and was one of the shareholders at the time of his death.
After serving two months as the secretary of the
American legation at
Shanghai, he joined the expedition of Commodore Perry to
Japan.
In the spring of 1878 he went to
Berlin as American minister at the German court, and died there, Dec. 19, 1878.
