Talk:Henry Perrine

Source verification requested
I have placed a 'verify source' tag on the statement that Henry Perrine helped with the Underground Railroad in Greenville, Illinois. Perrine lived in Ripley, Illinois, which is about 130 miles from Greenville, and I think there is a strong possibility of confusion, either with someone else named Perrine, or with his role. I would also note that Perrine later moved to Natchez, Mississippi, where he served as doctor to plantation owners. -- Donald Albury 15:10, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

American expatriate in Mexico
He was an American expatriate in Mexico. As we use this term in Wikipedia this means a national of one country resident in another country. American expatriates in Mexico has as a sub-cat American ambassadors to Mexico. Other diplomats are obviously not ambassadors, but their being expatriates at least can be notable. If it is enough to justify categorizing by, than they go in this category. We could of course create a category Category:American diplomats in Mexico, to hold non-Ambassador American diplomats in Mexico. I am not sure we have any such categories, and I am not sure it is needed, but until we have such a category it is justified. His being US consul in Campeche is mentioned in the lead, which seems to indicate it is significant enough to him to be worth putting him in a category built around this fact.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:40, 23 May 2024 (UTC)


 * My mistake. I should have looked up the definition. I am surprised that the definition is that broad, but now I know. Donald Albury 19:09, 23 May 2024 (UTC)