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	Joel Roberts Poinsett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779–December 12, 1851) was a physician, botanist and American statesman.
		Born in 1779 in Charleston, South Carolina to Dr. Elisha Poinsett and his wife Ann Richards, he was educated in Connecticut and Europe, gaining expertise in medicine and the law.
		In 1830, Poinsett returned to South Carolina to espouse the Unionist cause in nullification quarrels and to again serve in the South Carolina state legislature, from 1830 to 1831.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joel_Roberts_Poinsett (440 words)

	Joel Roberts Poinsett (Statesman)
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was born in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 March, 1779.
		Poinsett was sent by the government to South America to inquire into the condition of the inhabitants of that continent and their prospects of success in their struggle with Spain for independence.
		Poinsett was the author of various essays and orations on manufacturing and agricultural topics, and of a discourse on the "Promotion of Science" (in 1841) at the first anniversary of the National institution, to which he gave a valuable museum.
	www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/christmas/poinsettia/joel_roberts_poinsett.htm (679 words)

	History of Joel Roberts Poinsett
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was born on March 2nd, 1779 in Charleston, South Carolina.
		Poinsett collected cultural and horticultural artifacts the world over and was an accomplished amateur botanist.
		In 1821, Brother Poinsett was elected Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, but was never able to serve as Grand Master, because of his appointment as Secretary of War (1837-1841) under President Van Buren.
	www.sumter-sc.com /AboutSumter/History_Poinsett.aspx (415 words)

	Document TitleSTB-84-12 Joel Roberts Poinsett: The Man Behind The Flower
		Poinsett had become an avid nationalist who believed that the system of government conceived by the founding fathers at Philadelphia was the most perfect ever devised Having seen first hand the suffering of those under other forms of government, he was ready to dedicate his life to his nation's service.
		Poinsett was the first accredited agent of a foreign government to reach Chile and he soon won the favor of the ruling junta.
		Poinsett was its first president and thus for a brief time assumed the intellectual leadership of the nation, serving from 1841 until 1845.
	www.mastermason.com /3rdnorthern/library/stb-84-12.htm (2648 words)

	The Making of Poinsettia Day
		The date marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, who is credited with introducing the native Mexican plant to the United States.
		Poinsett had attended medical school himself, but his real love in the scientific field was botany.
		Poinsett maintained his own hothouses on his Greenville, South Carolina plantations, and while visiting the Taxco area in 1828, he became enchanted by the brilliant red blooms he saw there.
	www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/christmas/poinsettia/making_day.htm (387 words)

	The Poinsett Club. Joel Roberts Poinsett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Poinsett, who was married to Mary Pringle Poinsett, traveled all over the world, and might have been one of the most widely traveled Americans of his time.
		Poinsett died Dec. 12, 1851, at Statesburg while on a trip from Greenville to Charleston.
		Poinsett's name also graces the Poinsett Hotel, the Poinsett Bridge near Camp Old Indian, a textile plant in Greenville, Poinsett Highway (US Highway No. 25 North), Poinsett Avenue, a group of apartments and nearly a score of businesses.
	www.poinsettclub.org /overview/joel.php (214 words)

	American President
		Poinsett attended the Woolrich Military Academy and studied law privately until his return to the United States in 1809, when he was dispatched by President James Madison to observe the status of colonial rebellions in South America.
		Poinsett was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving from 1816 to 1820, where he ran the Board of Public Works.
		Joel Poinsett founded the Academy of Fine Arts in Charleston and later died in Sumter County, South Carolina, on December 12, 1851.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/martinvanburen/cabinet/SecretaryofWar/JoelRPoinsett/h_index.shtml (220 words)

	Bartram's Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Joel Roberts Poinsett (1778-1851), a native of Charleston, South Carolina, held various political, military, and diplomatic positions, but always continued a strong interest in the natural sciences and horticulture.
		Poinsett was involved in some but not all of these plant collections, and the Poinsettia could have been included in one or several of the shipments.
		Poinsett was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in early 1827 and his connections with the Philadelphia scientific community and the Bartram Garden expanded after this date.
	www.bartramsgarden.org /happenings/poinsettia_lecture.html (2619 words)

	Poinsettias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It is in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett, who died on December 12, 1851.
		Poinsett was the first Ambassador to Mexico who brought the plant back to his plantation in the U.S. He grew the plants in his Greenville, S.C plantation and gave them out as gifts to friends.
		The son of a French physician, Poinsett was appointed as the first United States Ambassador to Mexico (1825 - 1829) by President Adams.
	www.countrybrookfarms.com /poinsettias.htm (1015 words)

	Search Results for "Roberts"
		Roberts, Owen Josephus, 1875-1955, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-45), b.
		Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (kandhar´) (KEY), 1832-1914, British field marshal.
		Roberts, Benjamin Titus, 1823-93, American clergyman, one of the founders of the Free Methodist Church, b.
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	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Joel Roberts Poinsett, diplomat, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 2, 1779.
		Poinsett's relation to Texas history grew chiefly from his instructions to buy Texas while he served as first United States minister to Mexico, 1825-29.
		Poinsett was a pronounced Unionist in the South Carolina nullification controversy, served four years as secretary of war under Martin Van Buren, and spent his last days on a South Carolina plantation.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpo6.html (497 words)

	Joel R. Poinsett
		Poinsett's Mexican associates were people like Vicente Guerrero, and the politician Lorenzo Zavala (who tried to act as an intellectual power in the Guerrero camp).
		Poinsett spoke out for the Monroe Doctrine, and against the transfer of Spanish territories (that is, Cuba or Puerto Rico) to any independent nations in the New World other than the U.S. (that is, to Mexico or Colombia).
		Poinsett was not trying to "disorganize" Mexican society in order to weaken its powers of agricultural growth.
	www.sonic.net /~buscador/poinsett.htm (1313 words)

	Poinsett
		Joel Roberts Poinsett, born at Charleston, S.C., in 1779, served as the first U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1825–30 and as Secretary of War, 1837–41.
		The first Poinsett, a sidewheel gunboat, was transferred from the War Department to the Navy Department in 1840 for service in the 2nd Seminole War.
		Then assigned to survey activities, Poinsett remained in the waters off Florida, primarily in the Tampa area, until returned to the War Department in 1845.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p8/poinsett-i.htm (131 words)

	Search Results for "Joel"
		...Poinsett, Joel Roberts, (poin´set) (KEY), 1779-1851, American diplomat and politician, b.
		Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South...
		Joel, persons in the Bible, (jo´l) (KEY), in the Bible.
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	Poinsettia History and Lore
		Prescott had just published a book called the Conquest of Mexico in which he detailed Joel Poinsett’s discovery of the plant.
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was the first United States Ambassador to Mexico being appointed by President Andrew Jackson in the 1820's.
		Even though Poinsett had an outstanding career as a United States Congressman and as an ambassador he will always be remembered for introducing the poinsettia into the United States.
	www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /poinsettia/history.html (339 words)

	Poinsett, Joel Roberts - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		POINSETT, JOEL ROBERTS [Poinsett, Joel Roberts], 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.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Poinsett, Joel Roberts" at HighBeam.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Joel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Joel JOEL [Joel] prophetic book of the Bible.
		Poinsett, Joel Roberts POINSETT, JOEL ROBERTS [Poinsett, Joel Roberts], 1779-1851, American diplomat and politician, b.
		Joel Cadbury talks to Alice BB about his father, 'The Cad', and the mother who inspired his ambition.
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	Events at Americas Best Flowers Nursery, Greenhouse, and Garden Center Cottage Grove 53527, Madison 53714, Sun Prairie ...
		The Poinsettia, often referred to as the Christmas Plant, was first brought to the USA from its native land of Mexico, in 1825 by the first ambassador Joel Robert Poinsett.
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was the first United States Ambassador to Mexico being appointed by President Andrew Jackson.
		The date commemorates the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett.
	www.americasbestflowers.com /poinsettias.htm (718 words)

	People - Indian Removal through Arkansas, 1830-1849
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren’s administration.
		Joel Poinsett was born in South Carolina in 1779.
		While he was in England, Poinsett attended the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
	www.anpa.ualr.edu /trail_of_tears/indian_removal_project/people/Poinsett__Joel_Roberts.htm (217 words)

	The Poinsett Club. History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The 20th century Colonial House, the home of the Poinsett Club since its organization in 1935, was built in 1904 by well-known textile executive Lewis Parker.
		Parker and his family lived in it until the beginning of WW I. After WW I, the home was owned by Joseph McCullough and by Mr.
		On April 16, 1935, by-laws were adopted and the Club was named Poinsett after South Carolina statesman Joel Roberts Poinsett.
	www.poinsettclub.org /overview/history.php (231 words)

	Joel Roberts Pinsett
		His father, Dr. Elisha Poinsett, had dressed the wounds of the dying Pulaski at the siege of Savannah.
		Poinsett was determined that his son should not shoulder a musket in peace time and persuaded Joel to begin the study of law.
		During the three years he was to remain in Russia, the young American was to become a valued friend and advisor of the ruler of the largest nation in the.
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	emilycompost - Celebrating gardening, plants, and weeds
		Joel Poinsett was born on March 2nd, 1779 in Charleston, South Carolina.
		Although we remember him the most by what he brought back from Mexico, the poinsettia, in 1826, he was continually interested in all sorts of plants.
		Joel Poinsett was intently interested in agricultural practices of the day.
	www.emilycompost.com /joel_poinsett.htm (330 words)

	Paul Ecke Ranch - History
		The poinsettia was first introduced into cultivation and commercial trade by Bartram’s Garden on June 6, 1829 at “The first semi-annual exhibition of fruits, flowers and plants, of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society”.
		The owner of the commercial nursery at the time was Col. Robert Carr, married to Ann Bartram-Carr the granddaughter of the famous American Nurseryman John Bartram.
		In 1834, Robert Buist, a Pennsylvania nurseryman introduce the plant to Europe under its botanical name, Euphorbia pulcherrima (literally, "the most beautiful Euphorbia").
	www.ecke.com /new1/corp_story/corp_joelp.asp (380 words)

	Joel Roberts Poinsett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Joel Roberts Poinsett was considered by most to be Greenville County's most prominent summer visitor from the years before the Civil War.
		Now his name is remembered through a hotel, highway, private dining club, mill village, and perhaps most widely known is the Christmas flower that he domesticated and brought to the United States and named after him, the Poinsettia.
		Joel Roberts Poinsett died in 1851 in Stateburg, South Carolina on his way to visit Greenville for the last time.
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	2005 Poinsettia Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Because of its brilliant color, the poinsettia was a symbol of purity to the Indians and was prized by their kings.
		Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Ambassador to Mexico, had a love of botany and founded the Institution, which we know today as the Smithsonian Institute.
		In 1834, Robert Buist, a Pennsylvania nurseryman, introduced the plant to Pennsylvania nurseryman, introduced the plant to Europe under its botanical name, Euphorbia pulcherrima, (literally, “the most beautiful Euphorbia”).
	www.rrmtf.org /cantigny/NewSite/2005poinsettiahomepage.htm (278 words)

	Joel Roberts Poinsett
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		POINSETT, Joel Roberts, statesman, born in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 March, 1779; died in Statesburg, South Carolina, 12 December, 1851.
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	www.famousamericans.net /joelrobertspoinsett (881 words)

	POINSETT, Joel Roberts (1779-1851) Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Joel Poinsett, enviado de los Estados Unidos del Norte.
		Poinsett en Mexico (1822-1828) notas de un libro inconcluso.
		Parton, Dorothy M. “The Diplomatic Career of Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851).” Ph.D. diss., Catholic University of America, 1934.
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	Annie's Poinsettia Page
		With leaves that were red and so bright.
		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)

	National Poinsettia Day
		It is Roberts who is credited for bringing this beautiful traditional Christmas gift to our land.
		Ambassador Poinsett was on a diplomatic mission to Taxco, Mexico.
		Admiring the tropical environment, he became entranced with the plants beauty, its medicinal uses, and its artistic applications by the natives of the region.
	www.wintertexans.com /poinsettia.htm (1048 words)

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		This copy with a warm presentation inscribed on the flyleaf by Stefansson: Dear Yuri, You pleased me very much by not disliking the digressions of which this work so largely consists.
		Vilhjalmur Stefannson, Clem Yuri, Denver, Dec. 8, 1924." Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor, Introduction by Sir Robert Borden.
		A narrative of an expedition organized under the auspices of the Canadian government to investigate the comparatively unknown areas of the western Canadian Artic, especially the Beaufort Sea and Coronation Gulf with extensive information on Eskimos, fauna and flora, and methods of Arctic travel.
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