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Letters from Hamilton Fish

B. 1808 · D. 1893

Hamilton Fish was an American statesman who served as the sixteenth governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. Fish was the most trusted advisor to President Ulysses S. Grant and recognized as the pillar of Grant's presidency. He is considered one of the nation's most effective U.S. secretaries of state by scholars, known for his judiciousness and efforts towards reform and diplomatic moderation. He settled the controversial Alabama Claims with the United Kingdom, developing the concept of international arbitration and avoided war with Spain over Cuban independence by coolly handling the volatile Virginius incident. He also organized a peace conference and treaty between South American countries and Spain.

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Hamilton Fish to Samuel Nelson , Cooperstown, New York. Note .—A similar letter was addressed to General Schenck, Judge Hoar, and Judge Williams, the other American Commissioners. The inclosure mentioned in the letter was the extract from the speech of Sir Stafford Northcote, taken from the Pall Mall Gazette—(No. 1, above.), June 3, 1872

From Hamilton Fish
To Samuel Nelson , Cooperstown, New York. Note .—A similar letter was addressed to General Schenck, Judge Hoar, and Judge Williams, the other American Commissioners. The inclosure mentioned in the letter was the extract from the speech of Sir Stafford Northcote, taken from the Pall Mall Gazette—(No. 1, above.)
June 3, 1872

No. 4. Copy of Utter of Mr. Fish addressed to each of the American Commission ers on the Joint High Commission. Department of State, Washington,June 3, 1872. My Dear Judge:…

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