Talk:Charles Ames Washburn

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Charles Ames Washburn aka C. A. Washburn (1822-1889) was Born in Livermore, Maine. Son of Israel, Sr.; nephew of Reuel Washburn; brother of Israel, Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden and William Drew. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush;

In in 1854 in San Francisco Washburn and B. F. Washington fought a duel with rifles at forty paces, Washburn was severely wounded at the second fire. Neither died.

Washburn was later Presidential Elector for California, 1860; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1863-68; novelist; invented an early typewriter. [1]