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William Beach Lawrence

Columbia College, Class of 1818

Acting Governor of Rhode Island.

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Acting Governor of Rhode Island

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Full name
William Beach Lawrence

Columbia & the Society

Columbia
Class of 1818 (Columbia College)

Works (41)

  1. 1816 An introduction to comparative anatomy and physiology : being the two introductory lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, on the 21st and 25th of March, 1816 /
  2. 1817 Casesof Fungus Hæmatodes, with Observations; By George Langstaff, Esq. and an Appendix, Containing Two Cases of Analogous Affections · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  3. 1817 Further Observations on the Ligature of Arteries; To Which is Added a Case of Popliteal Aneurism, Attended with Some Unusual Circumstances · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  4. 1819 Cursory observations upon the Lectures on physiology, zoology, and the natural history of man, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, by W. Lawrence. In a series of letters addressed to that gentleman; with a concluding letter to his pupils
  5. 1823 Lectures on physiology, zoology, and the natural history of man, delivered at the Royal college of surgeons
  6. 1828 The Lancet. · The Lancet
  7. 1831 Case of Phlegmasia Dolens, Caused by Inflammation of the Veins of the Lower Extremity, Excited by Malignant Ulceration of the Cervix Uteri · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  8. 1831 History of a Case, in Which, on Examination after Death, the Pancreas was Found in a State of Active Inflammation · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  9. 1832 Observations on Tumours, with Cases · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  10. 1843 Biographical Memoir of Albert Gallatin · Biography
  11. 1855 Elements of International Law · 6th edition of Henry Wheaton's treatise, with the author's last corrections, a memoir, and additional notes by Lawrence
  12. 1868 Commentaire sur les éléments du droit international · Four-volume French-language commentary on international law, published 1868–1880
  13. 1871 The Treaty of Washington · Study of the 1871 Anglo-American treaty and arbitration
  14. 1873 Belligerent and Sovereign Rights as Regards Neutrals During the War of Secession · Treatise on international law and neutrality during the Civil War
  15. 1818 [Letters to Elisha Reynolds Potter]
  16. 1818 Abraham Beach, D.D., 1767-1828
  17. 1818 Address of Hon. Wm. B. Lawrence, before the Newport Democratic union club, at Aquidneck hall, on Thursday evening, October 16th, 1856
  18. 1818 An inquiry into the causes of the public distress
  19. 1818 Catalogue of the ... library of the late William Beach Lawrence ... comprising a large and select collection of books ... to be sold by auction ..
  20. 1818 Commentaire sur les éléments du droit international et sur l'Histoire des progrès du droit des gens de Henry Wheaton
  21. 1818 Disabilities of American women married abroad
  22. 1818 Etude de législation comparée et de droit international sur le mariage
  23. 1818 French commerce and manufactures and Negro slavery in the United States
  24. 1818 International obligations of the United States
  25. 1818 L' industrie française et l'esclavage des nègres aux États-Unis
  26. 1818 Maine law
  27. 1818 Materials related to the case in Equity in the Rhode Island Supreme Court of William Beach Lawrence vs. Richard M. Staigg
  28. 1818 The Bank of the United States
  29. 1818 The colonization and subsequent history of New Jersey
  30. 1818 The German Reformed Church in the city of New-York
  31. 1818 The history of the negotiations in reference to the eastern and northeastern boundaries of the United States
  32. 1818 The indirect claims of the United States under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871, as submitted to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva
  33. 1818 The indirect claims of the United States under the treaty of Washington, of May 8, 1871
  34. 1818 The Lawrence-Wheaton controversy
  35. 1818 The monarchical principle in our constitution
  36. 1818 The origin and nature of the representative and federative institutions of the United States of America
  37. 1818 The Slidell and Mason Arrest
  38. 1818 Two lectures on political economy
  39. 1818 Visitation and search, or, An historical sketch of the British claim to exercise a maritime police over the vessels of all nations in peace as well as in war
  40. 1818 W.B. Lawrence, in equity, vs. R.H. Dava, Jr., et als
  41. 1818 William Beach Lawrence vs. R.H. Dana, Jr., et als

Primary sources

The Columbia Daily Spectator

1922-01-09 CAST IS PRAISED BY PHILO'S COACH will attend performance
CAST IS PRAISED BY PHILO'S COACH Manager Olney Announces That Staging of Show Will he Very Simple FACULTY MEN TO ATTEND Calvert Sets Dates for Dress Rehearsals in New Ball Room of Plaza Coach Louis Calvert of "As You Like It," to be produced by Philolexian Society and Barnard Wigs and Cues this Friday and Saturday night at the Hotel Plaza, announced Saturday that work on the play is progressing in excellent fashion and praised the cast. Manager J. Olnev '22 said further that the merit of the production is assured by the fact that it is being put on by a coach who is recognized as an authority on Shakespeare. "The college has been fortunate," he said, "in securing one of the few living competent Elizabethan coaches, a man who has acted and directed Shakespeare all his life. Indeed, Louis Calvert is probably the greatest student of Shakespeare in the country and is. giving the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1922-01-09 →

The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912)

The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) Leaf / page 39

Named in The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916)

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 99

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 459

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

The Foundation's research archive

Philolexian Annals 1912, Roll of Members

William B. Lawrence · Confidence: CERTAIN

correspondence

Wang, Lawrence · Confidence: CERTAIN

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