Porter Cornelius Bliss (December 28, 1838 – February 1, 1885), was an American journalist, linguist, historian and diplomat.
Bliss was a volunteer in defense of the capital, served in various government positions and traveled extensively; he was once accused of treason and conspiracy, and imprisoned before being rescued by a United States Navy Squadron.
[1] Bliss also spent three years working on Johnson's Cyclopedia and edited a weekly called The Literary Table.
[3] Bliss took part in volunteer organizations for the defense of the capital, visited England the same year, and accompanied General James Watson Webb as private secretary on his mission to Brazil (1861–63).
He was commissioner of the Government of the Argentine Republic for the exploration of the Indian country called the Gran Chaco 1863 and edited at Buenos Aires a monthly periodical, The River Platte Magazine in 1864.