1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TRESCOT, WILLIAM HENRY (1822-1898), American diplomatist, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on the loth of November 1822. He graduated at Charleston College in 1840, studied law at Harvard, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. In 1852-1854 he was secretary of the U.S. legation in London. In June 1860 he was appointed assistant secretary of state, and he was acting secretary of state in June-October, during General Lewis Cass's absence from Washington, and for a few days in December after Cass's resignation. H…
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