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46,149 letters[163] *Part IX: Recapitulation of facts previously stated. [undated.] The statements of fact which have been placed before the arbitrators may be recapitulated as follows: Part IX.—Recapitulation. Of the four…
[136] *Part VIII: Statement of facts relative to the Shenandoah. [undated.] Part VIII.—The Shenandoah. On the 12th November, 1804, Earl Russell received from Her Britannic Majesty’s consul at Teneriffe a…
[120] Part VII: Statement of facts relative to the Georgia. [undated.] Part VII.—The Georgia. On the 8th April, 1863, Mr. Adams addressed to Earl Russell a note respecting a steam-vessel,…
[81] *Part VI: Statement of facts relative to the Alabama. [undated.] On the 24th June, 1862, Earl Russell received from Mr. Adams the following note with an inclosure: Mr. Adams…
[53] *Part V: Statement of facts relative to the Florida. [undated.] Part V.—The Florida. On the 19th February, 1862, Earl Russell received from Mr. Adams the following note and inclosure:…
[51] *Part IV: Considerations proper to be kept in view by the Arbitrators in reference to the cases of the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah. [undated.] Part IV..—Introductory statement. In…
[23] *Part III: Statement on International Rights and Duties; on the powers which were possessed by Her Britannic Majesty’s Government of preventing unlawful equipments, and the manner and circumstances in…
[4] *Part II: Statement of events which attended and followed the commencement of the civil war and of the course pursued in relation to it by Great Britain and other…
Part I: Statement of the matter referred to the Arbitrators as it is understood by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty [undated.] Part I.—Introductory stamen. The government of Her Britannic…
[467] *Part VI: The Tribunal should award a sum in gross to the United States. [undated.] Offer of the American Commissioners in the Joint High Commission. [468] In the opening…
[309] *Part V: Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutral. The Insurgent cruisers. [undated.] “In the first place, I am sorry to observe that the unwarrantable…
[215] *Part IV: Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutral. [undated.] Admission of British Cabinet Ministers. “There is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders…
[105] *Part III. The duties which Great Britain, as a Neutral, should have observed toward the United States. [undated.] The Queen’s Proclamation a recognition of obligation under the law of…
[31] *Part II: Unfriendly course pursued by Great Britain toward the United States from the outbreak to the close of the Insurrection. [undated.] Relations of the United States with Great…
[9] *Case of the United States. [undated.] Part I. Introduction In the spring of the present year (1871) five Commissioners on the part of Great Britain and five Commissioners on…
No. 154. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, July 4, 1872. (Received July 5.) Sir: In reply to your note of yesterday, I have the honor to inform you…
No. 153. Mr. Hale to Sir Edward Thornton. Department of State, Washington, July 3, 1872. Sir: With reference to previous correspondence, relative to the survey of the boundary-line between the…
No. 152. Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. Department of State, Washington, June 10, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 17th…
No. 151. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, May 17, 1872. Sir: With reference to your note of the 11th instant, I have the honor to inform you that,…
No. 150. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, May 13, 1872. (Received May 14.) Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th…