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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 8 : Education. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheaton , Henry 1785 -1848 (search)
Wheaton, Henry 1785-1848
Diplomatist; born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 27, 1785; graduated at Brown University in 1802; studied law abroad, and began its practice at Providence.
In 1812 he removed to New York, where he edited the National advocate, in which the subject of neutral rights was discussed.
From 1816 until 1827 he was reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States, and published 12 volumes of its decisions.
In the New York constitutional convention of 1821 he was a prominen 1837 resident minister at Berlin; and from 1837 to 1846 minister plenipotentiary there.
He returned to New York in 1847, and was made Professor of International Law in Harvard College, but died before the time appointed for his installation.
Mr. Wheaton was a voluminous writer upon various subjects, and as a reporter he was unrivalled.
In 1843 he became a corresponding member of the French Institute, and the next year a foreign member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 15 : publicists and orators, 1800 -1850 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 7 : study in a law office .—Visit to Washington .—January , 1854 , to September , 1834 .—Age, 23 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 8 : early professional life.—September , 1834 , to December , 1837 .—Age, 23 -26 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 14 : first weeks in London .—June and July , 1838 .—Age, 27 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 21 : Germany .—October , 1839 , to March , 1840 .—Age, 28 -29 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24 : Slavery and the law of nations.—1842 .—Age, 31 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 27 : services for education.—prison discipline.—Correspondence.— January to July , 1845 .—age, 34 . (search)