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. 92. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, September 25, 1874. (Received Nov. 4.) No. 245.] Sir: I have the honor to report the…
No. 352. Mr. Marsh to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Rome, September 25, 1874. (Received October 24.) No. 513.] Sir: Referring to my last dispatch, No. 512, dated…
No. 360. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish. United States Legation, Japan, Tokei, September 26, 1874. (Received October 29.) No. 124.] Sir: On the 12th ultimo, Mr. Hawes, our consul at…
No. 353. Mr. Marsh to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Rome, September 27, 1874. (Received Oct. 14.) No. 515.] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
No. 267. Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Madrid, September 27, 1874. (Received October 23.) No. 106.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith copy…
No. 31. Mr. Mathews to Mr. Fish. Consulate of the United States of America, Tangier, September 28, 1874. (Received November 4.) No. 147.] Sir: I have the honor to inform…
No. 125. Mr. Williams to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Peking, October 2, 1874. (Received December 8.) No. 62.] Sir: I have the honor to send you the…
[Inclosure in No. 616.] Commodore Reynolds to Mr. Fish. Navy Department, Washington, October 2, 1874. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a communication dated the 27th of August…
No. 253. Mr. Fish to General Scheck. Department of State, Washington, October 3, 1874. No. 616.] Sir: I herewith inclose a copy of a letter from the Acting Secretary of…
No. 93. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, October 5, 1874. (Received Nov. 17.) No. 255.] Sir: I have the honor to report that…
No. 94. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, October 6, 1874. (Received Nov. 17.) No. 256.] Sir: I have the honor to report that…
[Inclosure in No. 641.] Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish. United States Legation, Japan, Tokei, October 6, 1874. (Received November 16.) No. 131.] Sir: * * * * * Touching the…
No. 95. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, October 7, 1874. (Received Nov. 17.) No. 257.] Sir: I have the honor to state that…
No. 117. Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chile, October 8, 1874. (Received Nov. 17.) No. 111.] Sir: My dispatch No. 106 leaves the…
No. 254. General Schenck to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, London, October 9, 1874. (Received October 24.) No. 620.] Sir: Lord Derby having been out of town continuously…
No. 96. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, Guatemala, October 10, 1874. (Received Nov. 17. No. 258.] Sir: Inclosed herewith I have the honor to…
No. 126. Mr. Williams to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Pelting, October 10, 1874. (Received December 8.) No. 65.] Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 62, of the…
No. 354. Mr. Marsh to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Rome, October 12, 1874. (Received Nov. 4.) No. 522.] Sir: Referring to the personal instructions to the diplomatic…
No. 58. Mr. Partridge to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Rio de Janeiro, October 24, 1874. (Received Nov. 21.) No. 208.] Sir: The news from the river Plate…
No. 274. Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Berlin, October 30, 1874. (Received November 14.) No. 33.] Sir: I asked Mr. von Bülow at the foreign…
No. 118. Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Santiago de Chile, November 2, 1874. (Received Dec. 16.) No. 117.] Sir: My dispatch No. 87 informs you…
No. 236. Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Berlin, November 2, 1874. (Received November 18.) No. 39.] Sir: In reply to a request of the Department…
No. 98. Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. United States Legation in Central America, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, November 3, 1874.(Received November 24.) No. 267.] Sir: I have the honor…
No. 517. Mr. Gushing to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Madrid, November 4, 1874. (Received November 27.) No. 142.] Sir: I have not, thus far, written to you…