Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) International law, or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05885 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Book Date: 1861 Pagination: 907 p. ; 23.8 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy
Published by H.H. Bancroft & Co. Said to have been one of the most comprehensive treatises on the subject by an American. Written by General Halleck while he worked as an attorney. No index. Has a printed note after the preface indicating the Halleck was unable to see the book through press due to a change of circumstances, referring to the outbreak of the Civil War, for which Halleck was commissioned a Major-General in the United States Army on 17 August 1861.
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