EN

OF

INTERNATIONAL LAW.

BY

HENRY WHEATON, LL. D.,

MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE COURT OF PRUSSIA;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES IN

THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT BERLIN,

ETC. ETC.

SIXTH EDITION,

WITH THE LAST CORRECTIONS OF THE AUTHOR, ADDITIONAL NOTES, AND
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, CONTAINING A NOTICE OF MR.
WHEATON'S DIPLOMATIC CAREER, AND OF THE

ANTECEDENTS OF HIS LIFE,

BY

WILLIAM BEACH LAWRENCE,

FORMERLY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT LONDON.

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

1855.