Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1886, Sept. 5 | Born, Lakeville, Conn. |
1887 | A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1888-1889 | Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1891 | Admitted to New York bar |
1896-1897 | Secretary for United States, Bering Sea Claims Commission |
1897 | Formed partnership with Henry B. Anderson in law firm of Anderson and Anderson |
1898-1899 | Secretary for United States, U.S.-Great Britain Joint High Commission on Canadian Question |
1899 | Married Harriet S. Ward |
1903 | Assistant counsel for United States, Alaska Boundary Tribunal |
1905-1910 | Legal adviser for Department of State, Anglo-American negotiations for Canadian questions |
1910 | Agent for United States, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries arbitration, Hague, Netherlands |
1910-1913 | Counselor for Department of State |
1913-1923 | U.S. arbitrator, American-British Pecuniary Claims Arbitration |
1913-1914 | Counsel for Costa Rica, Costa Rica-Panama boundary dispute |
1914-1915 | Legal adviser for Department of State |
1917-1918 | Counsel for War Industries Board |
1919 | Counsel for International Red Cross |
1918-1921 | Counsel for Guatemala, Guatemala-Honduras boundary dispute |
1920-1921 | Counsel for Nicaragua, Nicaragua-Honduras |
1921-1922 | Legal adviser for United States, Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament |
1921-1922 | U.S. arbitrator, American-Norwegian Shipping Claims Arbitration |
1923 | Counsel for Costa Rica, British-Costa Rican Arbitration |
1923-1936 | U.S. Commissioner, U.S.-Germany Mixed Claims Commission |
1927 | Published Inviolability of Private Property Against Confiscation. New York: Appeal Printing Co. |
1933 | Sole commissioner, Tripartite Claims between United States, Austria, and Hungary |
1936, Aug. 2 | Died, York Harbor, Maine |