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Brent had sunk a large portion of money into the land purchases, and as such had little to pay taxes on the land or to pay for improvements of it. Brent is noted to have refused to sell his land, until his expenditures required him to sell portions of it. By the time of his death, he was considered
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Spanish woman. Some sources claim Brent married the woman before his career in the diplomatic service, while others claim he met her on said diplomatic service. Together they had two children, Charlotte M. and Henry Lee. They were both born around the 1820s.
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presented his credentials to the government in August 1816. After Erving left his post in April 1819, Brent took charge as interim chargé d'affairs until May 18, 1819, when
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commissioned Brent as secretary of the U.S. legation in
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Brent Creek, a hamlet in
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