Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1860, Dec. 3 | Born, Smyrna, Del. |
| 1877-1880 | Attended University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1880-1883 | Studied law with Edward C. Bradford, Wilmington, Del. |
| 1885 | Entered Department of State as law clerk |
| 1886-1891 | Third assistant secretary of state |
| 1887 | Secretary to Conference on Samoan Affairs |
| 1887-1888 | Secretary to Conference on North Atlantic Fisheries |
| 1891-1924 | Professor of international law and diplomacy, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1898 | Assistant secretary of state Secretary and counsel to the American Peace Commission, Paris, France |
| 1903-1904 | Agent of the United States before the United States and Dominican Mixed Commission |
| 1910 | United States delegate, Fourth International American Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1910 | Minister plenipotentiary to the Centenario, Chile |
| 1912 | United States delegate, International Commission of Jurists, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1913-1938 | Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands |
| 1913-1914 | Counselor, Department of State |
| 1915 | Member, Pan American Financial Conference, Washington, D.C., and vice chairman, Inter-American High Commission |
| 1921-1928 | Judge, Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1922-1923 | Ambassador extraordinary, United States delegate, and president, Commission of Jurists on Rules for Aircraft and Radio in Time of War, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1947, Nov. 12 | Died, New York, N.Y. |