Jefferson Davis to John Quincy Adams, December 15, 1871

Mr. Davis to Mr. Adams.

The undersigned, Agent of the United States, appointed to attend the Tribunal of Arbitration convened at Geneva under the provisions of a Treaty, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871, between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty, has the honor, in compliance with the provisions of Article III of the Treaty, to deliver herewith, in duplicate, to the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the Arbitrator named by the President of the United States, the printed Case of the United States, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which they rely.

The undersigned, &c.,

J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS.

[List of inclosures.]

• The Case of the United States, (2 copies.)
• Documents, Correspondence, and Evidence in support of the Case of the United States, in seven volumes, (2 copies.)
• Certain other Documents, Correspondence, and Evidence in manuscript relating to the Alabama and to the Shenandoah, which reached the Agent too late to be printed with the volumes, (2 copies.)
• The Certificate of the Secretary of State of the United States to the correctness of certain copies contained in the above-named volumes, (2 copies.)
• The Certificate of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the correctness of certain other copies contained in the above-named volumes, (2 copies.)
• The Certificate of the Secretary of the Navy of the United States to the correctness of certain other copies contained in the above-named volumes, (2 copies.)
• The Certificate of the Secretary of War of the United States to the correctness of certain other copies contained in the above-named volumes, (2 copies.)

Note.—As soon as Inclosure No. 3 can be printed, printed copies will be furnished. It has been impossible to get them ready in time for this Conference.