Henry Wheaton, 1785-1848 / / Elizabeth Feaster Baker.

Biography of the distinguished American authority on international law, representative to various foreign powers, and lifelong promoter of good will among nations.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]
©1937
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (436 p.) :; 6 illus.
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Other title:Henry Wheaton, 1785-1848 --
Frontmatter --
FOREWORD --
CONTENTS --
ILLUSTRATIONS --
PART ONE. A YOUNG AMERICAN --
Chapter I. ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY --
Chapter II. EMBARKED ON A PROFESSIONAL CAREER --
Chapter III. A NEW VENTURE --
Chapter IV. HENRY WHEATON AND THE SUPREME COURT --
PART TWO. A LAWYER IN THE POLITICAL ARENA --
Chapter V. THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION --
Chapter VI. THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY --
Chapter VII. A RETURN TO THE ASSEMBLY --
Chapter VIII. BACK TO WASHINGTON --
Chapter IX. ONE OF THE REVISERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE LAWS --
Chapter X. THE AFTERMATH --
PART THREE. CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES IN DENMARK --
Chapter XI. COPENHAGEN --
Chapter XII. WRITINGS ABOUT SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE --
Chapter XIII. THE TREATY OF INDEMNITY --
Chapter XIV. VISITS TO FRANCE AND ENGLAND --
Chapter XV. OTHER DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS --
Chapter XVI. CONTEMPORARY EVENTS OUTLINED IN DESPATCHES --
Chapter XVII. WHEATON VS PETERS --
PART FOUR. ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO GERMANY --
Chapter XVIII. THE GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION --
Chapter XIX. THE ELEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW --
Chapter XX. ACCREDITED AS ENVOY --
Chapter XXI. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE ZOLLVEREIN --
Chapter XXII. TREATY WITH HANOVER --
Chapter XXIII. TOBACCO DUTIES --
Chapter XXIV. PARIS 1841–1842 --
Chapter XXV. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH --
Chapter XXVI. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS --
Chapter XXVII. THE TREATY WITH THE ZOLLVEREIN --
Chapter XXVIII. OPPOSITION TO THE TREATY --
Chapter XXIX. THE TREATY FAILS OF RATIFICATION --
Chapter XXX. THE FINAL FATE OF THE TREATY --
Chapter XXXI. TREATIES WITH THE SEPARATE GERMAN STATES --
PART FIVE. AN INTERNATIONALIST --
Chapter XXXII. INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS --
Chapter XXXIII. PUBLICIST --
Chapter XXXIV. RECALL --
Chapter XXXV. A PRIVATE CITIZEN --
AN EPILOGUE OF CONTROVERSY --
APPENDICES --
I. WRITINGS OF HENRY WHEATON --
II. CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT IN WHICH HENRY WHEATON APPEARED AS COUNSEL --
III. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE GERMAN CUSTOMS ASSOCIATION --
NOTES --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
Summary:Biography of the distinguished American authority on international law, representative to various foreign powers, and lifelong promoter of good will among nations.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781512814095
9783110442526
DOI:10.9783/9781512814095
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Elizabeth Feaster Baker.