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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Subjects:
- Bering Sea controversy
- Dinners and dining
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- English language
- Law schools
- Practice of law
Occupations:
- Diplomats
- Diplomats
- Educators
- Law teachers
- Lawyers
- Lawyers
- Lawyers
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- England--London (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
- Vermont (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Rappahannock Academy (Va.) (as recorded)
- Connecticut--New Haven (as recorded)
- London (England) (as recorded)
- Essex Junction (Vt.) (as recorded)
