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.
No. 80. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, December 3, 1873. (Received December 30.) No. 70.] Sir: I have the honor to inform you…
No. 207. Mr. Wing to Mr. Fish. United States. Legation, Quito, Ecuador, December 6, 1873. (Received December 30.) No. 352.] Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 349, I have the…
No. 250. Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. American Legation, Berlin, December 8, 1873. (Received December 27.) No. 547.] Sir: I inclose a copy of the correspondence between the chief president…
No. 81. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Punta Arenas, December 10, 1873. (Received December 30.) No. 71.] Sir: I have the honor to inform…
No. 208. Mr. Wing to Mr. Fish. United States Legation, Quito, Ecuador, December 12, 1873. (Received Jan. 19, 1874.) No. 354.] Sir: Herewith I have the honor to forward copy…
No. 83. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, December 13, 1873. (Rec’d Dec. 30.) No. 75.] Sir: I have the honor…
No. 130. Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili,December 13, 1873. (Received January 19, 1874.) No. 33.] Sir: In my dispatch No. 16, I…
No. 251. Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] American Legation, Berlin, December 15, 1873. (Received January 5, 1874.) No. 550.] Sir: The Prussian government have brought in their new law…
No. 86. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Off La Union, Salvador,December 17, 1873. (Received February 5, 1874.) No. 78.] Sir: I have the honor…
No. 87. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, December 21, 1873. (Received February 5, 1874.) No. 79.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose…
No. 89. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, December 22, 1873. (Received February 5, 1874.) No. 81.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose…
No. 252. Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] American Legation, Berlin, December 22, 1873. (Received January 12, 1874.) No. 553.] Sir: The President’s message, in full, reached Berlin on Friday…
No. 8. Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish. American Legation, Vienna, December 24, 1873. (Received January 12, 1874.) No. 683.] Sir: I have to acknowledge your circular of the 3d December,…
No. 9. Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish. American Legation, Vienna, December 26, 1873. (Received January 15, 1874.) No. 684.] Sir: In my No. 683, acknowledging your confidential circular in regard…
No. 131. Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chili,December 27, 1873. (Received February 5, 1874.) No. 35.] Sir: I have the honor to…
No. 179. Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Bogota, December 27, 1873. (Received February 5, 1871.) No. 26.] Sir: In the afternoon of the 15th instant…
No. 209. Mr. Wing to Mr. Fish. United States Legation, Quito, Ecuador, December 28, 1873. (Received Feb. 5, 1874.) No. 356.] Sir: Herewith I have pleasure in forwarding a plan…
No. 210. Mr. Wing to Mr. Fish. United States Legation, Quito, Ecuador, December 30, 1873. (Received Feb. 5, 1874.) No. 359.] Sir: As evincing the intense Catholicism prevailing in this…
No. 91. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, January 3, 1874. (Received February 5.) No. 90.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose…
No. 92. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, January 7, 1874. (Received February 5.) No. 92.] Sir: I have the honor to enclose you…
No. 181. Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Bogota, January 7, 1874. (Received February 5.) No. 29.] Sir: General Eustorijo Salgar, former minister plenipotentiary from this…
No. 193. Mr. Hegermann to Mr. Fish. [Translation.] Legation of Denmark, Washington, January 7, 1874. (Received January 9.) Sir: The Great Northern Telegraph Company of Copenhagen commenced three years since…
No. 223. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] Legation of the United States, Paris, January 9, 1874. (Received January 22.) No. 918.] Sir: The National Assembly reconvened yesterday after a…
No. 253. Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. American Legation, Berlin, January 9, 1874. (Received January 26.) No. 558.] Sir: In my No. 5 to Mr. Seward of’ September 12, 1867,…