ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE
\ɪlˈɪhuː bˈɛnd͡ʒəmɪn wˈɒʃbɜːn], \ɪlˈɪhuː bˈɛndʒəmɪn wˈɒʃbɜːn], \ɪ_l_ˈɪ_h_uː b_ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ə_m_ɪ_n w_ˈɒ_ʃ_b_ɜː_n]\
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An American statesman; born in Maine, 1816; died 1887. He was made minister to France by President Grant, and remained at his post in Paris during the Commune, a fact which imparts special interest to his "Recollections of a Minister to France.-1869-77" (1887).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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