Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Ingrande, Jose Domingo

INGRANDE, Jose Domingo (in-gran'-day), Argentine historian, b. in Montevideo in 1759 ; d. there in 1817. He entered the Spanish army in 1778, served several years in Europe, and was a major when he resigned in 1786 and returned to his country. His tastes were for historical re- search, and while in Spain he had formed a valu- able collection of documents on the discovery of America. He went in 1803 to the United States, where he remained five years, visiting all the large cities, and lecturing in Boston and Philadelphia on South American history and the political condition of that country. He also contributed papers to the reviews, and, when he returned to Montevideo, founded the journal " El Nacional " in 1810, which afterward took an active part in the struggles that preceded the independence of the country. He died suddenly, just at a time when his country needed his vigorous journalistic talent in the agitations for independence. He published " Viajero Universal " (Montevideo, 1797) ; " Historia de America " (4 vols., 1801): and "Monografia de Montevideo," which is yet considered a standard work on the early history of that city (1816).