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Edward Thornton to Hon, Hamilton Fish, February 1, 1871
3. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. Washington, February 1, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 30th ultimo, and to offer…
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I.—Protocol of conference between the high commissioners on the part of the United States of America and the high commissioners on the part of Great Britain., February 27, 1871
I.—Protocol of conference between the high commissioners on the part of the United States of America and the high commissioners on the part of Great Britain. Washington, February 27, 1871.…
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Granville to the Lord High Commissioners, February 9, 1871
No. 3. Earl Granville to the Lord High Commissioners. Foreign Office, February 9, 1871. My Lord and Gentlemen: I have to inform you that Lord Tenterden has been appointed secretary…
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Granville to Her Majesty’s High Commissioners, February 9, 1871
No. 2. Earl Granville to Her Majesty’s High Commissioners. Foreign Office, February 9, 1871. My Lord and Gentlemen: With reference to my other dispatch of this day’s date, in which…
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Enfield to Another pertinent case has recently been decided by the British government against a claimant. Mr. Worth, a British subject, claimed indemnity on account of imprisonment to which he was subjected by the German authorities on his capture, in an attempt to escape from Paris in a balloon. Lord Enfield, in a note of the 3d of April, informs Mr. Worth that Lord Granville regrets that, “ after, April 13, 1871
No. 23. Viscount Enfield to Mr. Stewart. Foreign Office, April 13, 1871. Sir: I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo,…
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Stewart to Granville Leveson-Gower, March 30, 1871
No. 22. Mr. Stewart to Earl Granville.—(Received August 31.) 33 Upper Brunswick Place, Brighton, March 30, 1871. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge your lordship’s letter of the…
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Granville to W. B. West, March 1, 1871
No. 10. Earl Granville to Mr. West. Foreign Office, March 1, 1871. Sir: I have consulted the law-officers of the Grown upon the point submitted to me in your dispatch…
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Granville to Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, January 11, 1871
No. 3. Earl Granville to Lord Lyons. Foreign Office, January 11, 1871. My Lord: I have received your excellency’s dispatch of the 6th instant, inclosing a letter from Mr. Kirby,…
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Dispatch from the Count of Nesselrode to Karl von Brunnow, May 2, 1850
Dispatch from the Count of Nesselrode to Baron Brunow. Saint Petersburgh, May 2, 1850. The cabinet of Saint Petersburgh adheres completely to the principles which have served as the basis…
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Schwartzenberg to (See Torres Caicedo, p . 343.), April 14, 1850
The Prince of Schwartzenberg to Baron Hotter, London, on the demand for indemnification which the government of England makes of the governments of Tuscany and Naples. Vienna, April 14, 1850.…
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Richard P. Hammond to Thomas Jefferson, November 22, 1793
Mr. Hammond to Mr. Jefferson. Lansdown, November 22, 1793. Sir: I have had the honor of receiving your letter of the 14th instant, upon which, as it announces the fixed…
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JAMES BRICE, President to Henry Knox, August 23, 1793
Mr. Brice to Mr. Knox, Secretary of War. Annapolis, Md., In Council, August 23, 1793. Sir: Your communications of the 6th instant arrived in the absence of Governor Lee, who…
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Hamilton Fish to John Lothrop Motley, September 25, 1869
Mr. Fish to Mr. Motley. Department of State, Washington, September 25, 1869. No. 70.] Sir: When you left here upon your mission, the moment was thought not to be the…
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1. Concession of belligerent rights., undated
1. Concession of belligerent rights. [undated.] The dates of the several acts which have been cited by either party in the discussion of this question are herewith given: 1861, April…
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Synopsis., undated
Synopsis. [undated.] By the 1st article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 15th of June, 1816, it was stipulated that the line of boundary…
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[Untitled], February 16, 1871
[Untitled] 1845. Previously to 1845 the trade of the United States and other nations with the British provinces of Canada and others north and east of the United States was…
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1. Rights as defined by treaty, undated
1. Rights as defined by treaty [undated.] The convention of 1818, hereinafter referred to, gives to American fishermen— 1. The right, in common with British fishermen, to fish within three…
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Hamilton Fish to Robert C. Schenck. (The same to each member of the commission.), February 22, 1871
Mr. Fish to General Schenck. Department of State, Washington, February 22, 1871. Sir: Your high character and experience in public affairs, and the familiarity which your long service under the…
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Williams to Hamilton Fish, March 4, 1871
Washington, March 4, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from you of a commission from the President as one of the commissioners in a joint high…
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Hoar to Hamilton Fish, March 1, 1871
Washington, March 1, 1871. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from the Department of State of a commission from the President, appointing me “far be a commissioner…