Henry Wheaton, 1785-1848 /

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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Baker, Elizabeth Feaster,
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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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

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