Nicholas Philip Trist was an American lawyer, diplomat, planter, and businessman. Even though he had been dismissed by President James K. Polk as the negotiator with the Mexican government, he negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848,... Wikipedia
Born: June 2, 1800, Charlottesville, VA
Died: February 11, 1874 (age 73 years), Alexandria, VA
Spouse: Virginia Jefferson Randolph (m. 1824–1874)
Books: N.P. Trist: July 21, 1840 : Read, and Laid Upon the Table : Mr. Toland, from the Committee on Commerce, Submitted the Following Report : the Committee on Commerce, to Whom was Referred the Petition of Certain Ship-masters, Ship-owners, and Other Citizens, in Relation to the Conduct of N.P. Trist, Consul of the United States at Havana, Report ..., A Treatise on Milch Cows Whereby the Quality and Quantity of Milk, and Messages of the President of the United States: With the Correspondence, Therewith Communicated, Between the Secretary of War and Other Officers of the Government, on the Subject of the Mexican War
Grandchildren: Henry Randolph Burke and Nicholas Browse Trist
Grandparent: Eliza House Trist
Great grandchild: Ellen Coolidge Burke