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Rh in 1898 and served as a member of the Pan-American conference assembled, on the invitation of the United States, in Washington, October 2, 1898, to adopt some plan for the settlement of disputes by arbitration, and for the improvement of business intercourse and means of communication between the countries. This convention suggested the Bureau of American Republics which was established for the prompt collection and distribution of commercial information concerning the American Republics.

He was married in 1868, to Mary, daughter of Judge Elisha and Eunice (Newton) Foote of New York. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Missouri in 1882. He was a member of the Geological and National Geographic Societies and of the American Social Science Association. He wrote valuable papers on economic subjects especially as affecting finance, and contributed to leading magazines.