American jurist, born in New York City on the 23rd of October 1800. He was educated at Columbia College; went to Europe in 1821; was admitted to the bar on his return in 1823; was appointed secretary to the legation in London, 1827; chargé d’affaires there the next year; spent some time in Paris, and returned home in 1832; devoted himself to his profession for some time, and was interested in the Erie railway. In 1850 he removed to Rhode Island, where he became acting governor in 1851 and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1853. He was a lecturer in Columbia Law School, and in 1869 was a member of the Social Science Congress which met in Bristol, England. Among his numerous works are History of the Negotiations in Reference to the Eastern and Northeastern Boundaries of the United States (1841); an edition of Wheaton’s International Law (1855); The Law of Charitable Uses (1845); Visitation and Search (1858); The Treaty of Washington (1871); Belligerent and Sovereign Rights as regards Neutrals during the War of Secession (1873); and Administration of Equity Jurisprudence (1874). He died on the 26th of March 1881.
