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WELLS, William Vincent, author, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 2 January, 1826. He was educated in the common schools of his native city, and became a sailor and then an officer in the merchant marine. Afterward he engaged in mining and commercial enterprises, and was an agent for American capitalists in obtaining grants from foreign governments. In these capacities he has travelled since boyhood in various parts of the world, and has been four times shipwrecked. He went to California in 1849, where he built and commanded the first steamboat in that state, and he was afterward consul-general of Honduras in the United States. Mr. Wells has owned and edited several newspapers in San Francisco, has corresponded with various journals from different parts of the globe, and is the author of a narrative of "Walker's Expedition to Nicaragua, a History of the Central American War" (New York, 1856) ; " Explorations and Adventures in Honduras" (1857) ; and the "Life and Public Services" of his great-grandfather, Samuel Adams, with extracts from his correspondence, state papers, and political essays (3 vols., Boston, 1865).
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