“ In recognition of this gift the departments of history and political science of the university have been named the President White School of History and Political Science. In 1870 President Grant appointed Benjamin F. Wade, Mr White and Samuel G. Howe a commission to visit Santo Domingo and report on the advisability of the president's project for annexing it to the United States, and in 1895 he was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the commission established to determine the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana. ”

“ His publications include The Greater States of Continental Europe (1874) ; A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2 vols., 1896) , his most important work, his Autobiography (2 vols., New York, 1905) and Seven Great Statesmen (1910) . ”