Amos Breckinridge Corwine (born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1815; died in

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, 22 June 1880) was a United States journalist and

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. His early years were spent on his father's plantation in Mississippi. He published the Yazoo ''Banner'' from 1840 to 1844. He served during the

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as a lieutenant in the Mississippi regiment commanded by

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, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Buena Vista. After that war, in partnership with his brother Samuel, he edited the Cincinnati ''Chronicle''. During the administrations of Presidents Tyler and

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he was U.S. Consul at

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. In 1856, he was sent by President

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to investigate the

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, and his report was the basis for the treaty and adjustment of damages between the United States and

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. He was reappointed consul, and remained in Panama until 1861.

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