Charles Eames (20 March 1812, in

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– 16 March 1867, in

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) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was prepared for College at

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, was graduated at

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in 1831, and studied law in the Cambridge Law School, and with

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in New York. But ill health prevented him from practicing his profession, and in 1845 he accepted an office in the navy department in Washington. A few months later he became associate editor of the '' Washington Union'', and was appointed by

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to be commissioner to the

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to negotiate a treaty. In 1850 he returned and edited the '' Nashville Union'' for six months, after which he again held charge of the ''Washington Union''. After several years of journalism he was appointed minister to Venezuela by

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, and remained there until 1857, when he resigned and returned to Washington, where he practiced his profession until his death. During the last five years of his life he attained a high reputation as an admiralty lawyer and for his knowledge of international law. He was a fine linguist and scholar, and possessed remarkable conversational power.

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