About John T. Abbott
Lived 1850 – 1914 (aged 63–64). John T. Abbott was an American diplomat and lawyer.
John True Abbott (1850 – March 8, 1914) was an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Colombia from 1889 to 1893.
Biography Born in Keene, New Hampshire, he was the son of Rev. Stephen G. and Sarah Burbank (Cheney) Abbott, and he married Alice E. Merriman in 1874. Abbott was educated at Bates College, and read law.
As an attorney, he served as city solicitor and counsel to the Santo Domingo Development Company. He was nominated as Minister to Colombia in 1889, and served to 1893. He is interred at the Woodland Cemetery in Keene, N.H.
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Who was John T. Abbott?
American diplomat & lawyer
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John T. Abbott was born in 1850 in Keene.
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John T. Abbott died on 8 March 1914 in Keene, New Hampshire.
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John T. Abbott was a diplomat and lawyer.
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John T. Abbott was American.
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