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.
[35] *Vice-Admiral Porter, for Secretary of the Wavy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Navy Department, Washington, April 6, 1860. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that a…
Vice-Admiral Porter, for Secretary of the Navy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Navy Department, March 22, 1869. [28] *Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
[30] *Mr. Hoar, Attorney General, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Attorney-General’s Office, March 23, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the…
[33] *Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, April 5, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
Mr. Hoar Attorney-General, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Attorney-General’s Office, Washington, April 10, 1869. Sir: I am in the receipt of a letter from you of the 3d instant,…
Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, April 12, 1869. [740] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
Mr. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Fishy Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, May 7, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State: Telegram just received. I will at once…
Mr. Barlow, United States Marshal, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, May 8, 1869. Secretary of State: [42] I have been aboard Quaker City. Alterations in her…
[43] *Mr. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. United States Marshal’s Office, New York, May 9, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to state that your…
[47] *Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, May 10, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the…
My. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. United States Marshal’s Office, [48] *Southern District of New York, New York, May 11, 1869. Sir: My instructions in…
Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, May 11, 1869. [49] Sir: I have the honor herewith to trans*mit a copy of…
Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, May 14, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…
Vice-Admiral Porter, for Secretary of Navy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Navy Department, Washington, May 15, 1869. Sir: As the inclosed information may be of use to you, I…
[58] *Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Attorney-General’s Office, Washington, D. C., May 18, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to send inclosed herewith a copy of…
Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, Washington, May 18, 1869. Sir: Respectfully referring to your communication of the 13th instant, and my…
Mr. Hoar to Mr. Fish. Attorney-General’s Office,June 12, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 11, 1869, in which you ask my…
Mr. Beutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Treasury Department, June 24, 1869. [66] Dear Sir: Our detectives inform us that a vessel *is fitting out…
Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, June 29, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State: [72] Colonel Ryan, with his expedition of some…
Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. New York, June 30, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State: Under your orders, as the President directed, the prisoners,…
[75] *Mr. Field, Assistant Attorney-General, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Attorney-General’s Office, Washington, June 30, 1869. Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, copies of telegrams received last…
[102] *Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, July 15, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish: The commission of the President and your orders have been…
Mr. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, July 15, 1809. Secretary of State: Authorization received. Some two hundred persons are on Gardner’s Island.…
Mr. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, July 15, 1869. 103] *Secretary of State: Have sent more marines to Gardner’s Island. Troops not…