Historian; born in
Murfreesboro, N. C., Aug. 6, 1806; graduated at Columbian University in 1826 and at the Law School of the North Carolina University in 1828.
In 1831, under a treaty with
France, he was appointed secretary of the commission to settle claims of
Americans for losses occasioned by the treaties of
Berlin and
Milan.
He was treasurer of
North Carolina in 1841, and minister to
Nicaragua in 1854-57.
His publications include
History of North Carolina;
Reminiscences and memoirs of North Carolina, etc. He died in
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7, 1882.
