The American Diplomatic Code: Embracing a Collection of Treaties and Conventions Between the United States and Foreign Powers from 1778 to 1834, With an Abstract of Important - Hardcover

Jonathan Elliot

9781584773016: The American Diplomatic Code: Embracing a Collection of Treaties and Conventions Between the United States and Foreign Powers from 1778 to 1834, With an Abstract of Important

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Originally published: Washington: Printed by J. Elliott, Jun., 1834. Two volumes. A useful source of original treaties and conventions with other countries worldwide, with an index organized by country, a table of the negotiators, a diplomatic chronology from 1326 to 1834 offering dates of treaties, and a summary of the law of nations from selected renowned sources. First published in 1827, this is a reprint of Elliot's second, final and updated edition, which was adopted by Secretary of State McLane for the use of his department during the Jackson administration (1829-1837).

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Jonathan Elliot [1784-1846] is widely known as the author of the important Constitutional collection, The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787.

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Although the collection of treaties has been superseded by later collections, Elliot's summaries of judicial decisions are still valuable. --Dictionary of American Biography III:93

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