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.
[Untitled] Department of State, Washington, October 22, 1872. Acknowledging the receipt of the report. The President’s approval. Sir: I have received your report of tlie date of September 21, with…
No. 123. Mr. Fish to Sir E. Thornton. Washington, October 22, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th instant, in which,…
No. 307. Mr. Fish to Mr. Mathews. Washington, October 23, 1872. No. 46.] Sir: Your dispatch No. 80, of the 7th ultimo, has been received. It is accompanied by a…
[Telegram.] Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. Washington, October 24, 1872. Congratulations on the award. The President directs thanks, in which I concur, for your able management of the case. FISH.
No. 176. Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. Department of State, Washington, October 30, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to state that this Department is informed by a letter…
No. 145. Mr. Fish to Mr. Schlözer. Department of State, Washington, November 2, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo,…
Mr. Fish to Sir E. Thornton. Department of State, Washington, November 25, 1872. My Dear Sir Edward: Thanks for your note of Saturday giving me copy of Lord Granville’s telegram.Action…
[Extract.] Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 529.] Washington, November 27, 1872. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of a dispatch of the 2d instant, No. 421, from Mr.…
No. 246. Mr. Fish to Mr. De Long. Department of State, Washington, December 5, 1872. Sir: Your dispatches No. 271, under date of 3d September, and No. 282, under date…
No. 427. Mr. Fish to Admiral Polo de Bernabé. Department of’State, Washington, December 17, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st…
No. 247. Mr. Fish to Mr. De Long. Department of State, Washington, December 18, 1872. No. 157.] Sir: I am in receipt of your No. 302, dated 6th day of…
No. 50. Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, December 21, 1872. No. 115.] Sir: The Department has received your telegram of the 26th October last, stating that…
No. 368. Mr. Fish to General Sickles. [Telegram.] Washington, December 23, 1872. Urge the immediate release and restoration of embargoed property belonging to American citizens, especially of those whose release…
No. 21. Mr. Fish to Baron Lederer. Department of State, Washington, December 24, 1872. Sir: The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the…
No. 96. Mr. Fish to Mr. Hoffman. Department of State, Washington, December 28, 1872. No. 467.] Sir: Referring to Mr. Washburne’s dispatch No. 689, of September 25, 1872, and to…
No. 250. Mr. Fish to Mr. De Long. Department of State, Washington, December 28, 1872. No. 161.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 306, under…
No. 51. Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, December 30, 1872. No. 116.] Sir: Your dispatches, numbered 199 and 203, the latter dated 26th October last, referring…
No. 251. Mr. Fish to Mr. De Long. Department of State, Washington, December 30, 1872. No. 164.] Sir: Your dispatch No. 309, under date of 22d November, referring to the…
No. 52. Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, December 31, 1872. No. 118.] Sir: I have received your dispatch No. 202, under date of 23d October, relating…
No. 53. Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, January 4, 1873. No. 119.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches Nos. 165, 166, and…
No. 373. Mr. Fish to General Sickles. [Telegram.] Washington, January 7, 1873. Fourth condition in telegram of January 3d not intelligibly transmitted. Gradual abolition is indefinite, and, at best, is…
No. 54. Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. Department of State, Washington, January 8, 1873. No. 120.] Sir: Your No. 201, of the 21st of October, 1872, in relation to the…
No. 374. Mr. Fish to General Sickles. Department of State, Washington, January 8, 1873. No. 295.] Sir: I have received and have read with interest your dispatches numbered 501, 505,…
No. 277. Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson. Department of State, Washington, January 16, 1873. No. 311.] Sir: I transmit for your information a copy of a dispatch of the 26th…