Research Catalog

Title

Richard Olney and his public service, by Henry James; with documents including unpublished diplomatic correspondence.

Author

James, Henry, 1879-1947

Publication

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1923.

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Details

Description

xi, 335 p. illus.; 25 cm.

Uniform Title

LLMC Digital

Subject

• Olney, Richard, 1835-1917
• 1901-1909
• United States > Foreign relations > 1901-1909
• Venezuela > Boundaries > Guyana
• Guyana > Boundaries > Venezuela

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes bibliographic references and index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Olney's appointment to the Cabinet -- His earlier years -- The Attorney-Generalship -- Labor troubles and the Coxeyites -- The Chicago strike -- Opposing discrimination against union labor -- The income tax cases -- Transfer to the State Department -- A glance back at the Hawaiian case -- Venezuela : the dispatches and the President's message -- Venezuela : the successful settlement -- The General Arbitration Treaty -- Cuba and Spain -- Administration of the State Department -- The last years -- Appendices. Extracts from a memorandum dictated by Olney in 1901 -- The Cleveland administration and the Sherman anti-trust law -- Letters about the Hawaiian question -- Venezuelan correspondence, unpublished -- International arbitration -- Correspondence regarding the pacification of Cuba -- A few personal letters about political events and personalities -- Annotated list of important speeches and writings.

LCCN

^^^23017689^

OCLC

• 519594
• SCSB-11403588

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library