Who was Nicholas P. Trist and what was his contribution to American history?

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He was chief clerk at State Department and was sent to negoiate peace treaty w/defeated Mexico in 1847. Was ordered to return and ignored that order and negotiated Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-from The American Glossary Feb 10 01, 11:29 PM

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N.P.T. was famous for signing the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo on behalf of the USA. That treaty brought about the end of the Mexican-American war. Trist was at one stage Private Secretary to President Andrew Jackson, and married the grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Jun 02 04, 5:49 AM

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