Letters about 19th Century

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[France.], undated

January 1, 1873

[France.] [undated.] The first of the papers in this correspondence presents another phase of the American doctrine. “Department of State, Washington, June 1, 1852. “Sir: I have to acknowledge the…

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[German States.], undated

January 1, 1873

[German States.] [undated.] As the minor German states are now for the most part incorporated in the North German Confederation, it will probably be sufficient to reply to the correspondence…

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[Prussia.], undated

January 1, 1873

[Prussia.] [undated.] In reply to inquiries from Lord Bloomfield, Lord Clarendon furnished him with the following instructions in 1855: “1st. That a woman, a British-born subject, who has married a…

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Extract from the Constitution of May 23, 1845.

May 23, 1845

Extract from the Constitution of May 23, 1845. [May 23, 1845.] Part I.—Article I. “Spaniards are— “1. All persons born within the dominions of Spain. “2. The children of a…

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laws of the two sicilies., undated

December 17, 1817

laws of the two sicilies. [undated.] By the civil code of the Two Sicilies provision was made both for naturalization and expatriation. A royal decree of the 17th December, 1817,…

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[Switzerland] [undated.] According to a paper quoted before the Aliens Committee “in some cantons the acts-of naturalization are granted by the legislature, in others by the executive government. In most…

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[Belgium.], undated

January 1, 1873

[Belgium.] [undated.] In December, 1860, a case occurred at Brussels, (that of M. Ignatius Téleki,) in which various questions were put to Her Majesty’s government by Lord Howard de Walden,…

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[Hamburg], undated

January 1, 1873

[Hamburg] [undated.] Aliens can become naturalized after six months’ residence on payment of a small fee. The law of Hamburg is said to recognize a double allegiance in persons thus,…

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[Russia.], undated

January 1, 1873

[Russia.] [undated.] In 1857 Madame yon Essen applied to Lord Wodehouse, at St. Petersburgh, for a British passport, to enable her to be recognized as a British subject by the…

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[Netherlands.], undated

January 1, 1873

[Netherlands.] [undated.] In 1861 a case arose in which the Dutch government claimed the military service of Daniel Swan, a British subject born in Scotland of British parents and subsequently…