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  AllRefer.com - Joel Roberts Poinsett (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Joel Roberts Poinsett[poin´set] Pronunciation Key, 1779–1851, American diplomat and politician, b.
Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South America to investigate political conditions of the countries struggling for independence.
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 HOLIDAY BLOSSOMS - Gardening with Elisabeth Ginsburg
The amateur was Joel Poinsett (1779-1851), a South Carolina native who was also a politician and a diplomat.
As the United States' first ambassador to Mexico, Poinsett was apparently impressed by the wild poinsettias that he saw growing near Taxco.
Poinsett could not bear to keep a promising specimen to himself.
www.backyardgardener.com /ginsburg/column207.html   (846 words)

  
 Annie's Poinsettia Page
Etymology: New Latin, from Joel R. Poinsett died 1851 American diplomat
Mexican legend holds that these beautiful red flowers, thought to resemble the shape of the Star of Bethlehem, first grew miraculously for a poor child who wanted to bring a gift to the manger scene at the village church but did not have any money.
Poinsettias were introduced to the United States in the early 19th century by Joel Poinsett, the first United States ambassador to Mexico."
www.annieshomepage.com /poinsettia.html   (473 words)

  
 Famous Freemasons from around the world
Wasatch Lodge No. 1 Salt Lake City, Utah.
, Joel R. USA Secretary of War, Master: Solomon's Lodge No. 1, Charleston, introduced Freemasonry into Mexico, and the pointsetta to America.
Developed the luxury railway sleeping and dining cars.
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