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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Baker, Elizabeth Feaster,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1937
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (436 p.) :; 6 illus.

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

Table of Contents

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