Phelps, Edward John, 1822-1900
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Lawyer, politician, diplomat, and educator, of Burlington, Vt., and New York, N.Y.; born in Middlebury, Vt.; attended Yale Law School (1841-1842) and admitted to the bar in 1843; second comptroller of the U.S. Treasury (1851-1853), U.S. minister to Great Britain (1885-1889), and senior counsel (1893) for the U.S. in the arbitration of the Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy with Great Britain; founder and president (1880) of American Bar Association; taught law at Yale after 1881; died in New Haven, Conn.
From the description of Edward John Phelps papers, 1854-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 692188160
Edward John Phelps was the son of Samuel S. Phelps, U.S. Senator from Vermont. He was a tutor in Rappahannock Academy, Caroline Co., Virginia, at the time these letters were written. He later became Kent Professor of Law at Yale, 1881-1885, 1889-1900. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1885-1889.
From the description of Papers, 1840-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122538836
Lawyer, diplomat, and educator.
From the description of Letter of Edward John Phelps, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450047
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| associatedWith | American Philosophical Society. |
| correspondedWith | Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898. |
| associatedWith | Chapman, George R. |
| associatedWith | Childs, George William, 1829-1894. |
| associatedWith | Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900. |
| correspondedWith | Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876, |
| correspondedWith | Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 |
| correspondedWith | Dunn, Arthur Wallace, 1859-1926. |
| associatedWith | Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900. |
| associatedWith | Evarts family |
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Birth 1822-07-11
Death 1900-03-09
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