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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, September 23, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 244.] Department of State, Washington, September 23, 1870. Sir: Your dispatch of the 6th instant, No. 131, has been received, and your proceedings in…
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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 Elihu B. Washburne, September 27, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 175.] Department of State, Washington, September 27, 1870. Referring to your No. 280, relating to the political occurrences at Paris, on the…
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Hamilton Fish to E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne., September 27, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 177.] Department of State, Washington, September 27, 1870. I have received and perused, with much interest, your dispatch of the 9th instant,…
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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, September 30, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 246.] Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1870. Sir: Your dispatch No. 133, of the 12th instant, has been received. The reasons which you…
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Hamilton Fish to Elihu B. Washburne, October 4, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 182.] Department of State, Washington, October 4, 1870. This Government desires and intends to maintain a perfect and strict neutrality between the…
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Hamilton Fish to Elihu B. Washburne, October 11, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 189.] Department of State, Washington, October 11, 1870. I inclose for your information and use four printed copies of a proclamation issued…
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Hamilton Fish to E. B. Washburne, October 11, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 189.] Department of State, Washington, October 11, 1870. I inclose for your information and use four printed copies of a proclamation issued…
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Hamilton Fish to Elihu B. Washburne, October 18, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E.B. Washburne. No. 190.] Department of State, Washington, October 18, 1870. On the 30th of August last the Department inclosed to Mr. Bancroft a copy of…
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Hamilton Fish to Friedrich von Gerolt, October 19, 1870
Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt. Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1870. The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the…
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Hamilton Fish to Brent, October 19, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Brent. No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, October 19, 1870. Sir: The question which arose between General Hovey and the minister for foreign affairs of Peru,…
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Hamilton Fish to E. B. Washburne stands for Elihu Benjamin Washburne., October 21, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. E. B. Washburne. No. 192.] Department of State, Washington, October 21, 1870. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch on the 21st ultimo, No.…
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Hamilton Fish to Friedrich von Gerolt, October 22, 1870
Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt. Department of State, Washington, October 22, 1870. The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the…
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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, October 28, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 257.] Department of State, Washington, October 28, 1870. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 5th instant, No. 147,…
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Hamilton Fish to William A. Bartlett, October 29, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Wm. A. Bart. No. 126.] Department of State, Washington, October 29, 1870. Sir: Several seizures of American fishing vessels are reported by the consular officers within…
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Hamilton Fish to Friedrich von Gerolt, November 1, 1870
Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt Department of State, Washington, November 1, 1870. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 29th ultimo, submitting, in…
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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, November 11, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 264.] Department of State, Washington, November 11, 1870. Sir: The refusal of the German authorities at the investment of Paris to allow the United…
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Hamilton Fish to Nelson, November 16, 1870
No. 272. Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson No. 123.] Department of State, Washington, November 16, 1870. Sir: Your dispatch No. 292, dated September 29, has been received. The accountability of…
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Hamilton Fish to Friedrich von Gerolt, November 21, 1870
Correspondence between the Department of State and the German legation at Washington. Mr. Fish to Baron Gerolt No. 180. Department of State, Washington, November 21, 1870. The undersigned, Secretary of…
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Hamilton Fish to E. B. Washburne, November 22, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. No. 206.] Department of State, Washington, November 22, 1870. Your dispatch No. 304, of the 18th ultimo, with its inclosures, relative to the obstructions and…
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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, November 22, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft. No. 269.] Department of State, Washington, November 22, 1870. Sir: I inclose, for your information, a copy of a note of yesterday to Baron Gerolt,…
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Hamilton Fish to To his Excellency Frederick F. Low, December 1, 1870
Mr. Fish to Mr. Low. No. 26.] Department of State, Washington, December 1, 1870. Sir: With reference to your No. 29, dated 17th September, 1870, in relation to the removal…
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Hamilton Fish to Washburne, December 6, 1870
No. 88. Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne No. 211.] Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1870. Sir: I inclose herewith a copy of a dispatch of the 5th ultimo, and…
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Hamilton Fish to Bancroft, December 6, 1870
No. 150. Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft No. 275.] Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1870. Sir: Referring to the previous instructions of the Department and to your dispatches, as…
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Hamilton Fish to Nelson, December 12, 1870
No. 273. Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson No. 128.] Department of State, Washington, December 12, 1870. Sir: A letter of the 7th instant has been received at this Department from…