Mr. Buchanan to Mr. MacLane. No. 34.] Department of State, Washington, June 13, 1846. Sir: The President communicated to the Senate, on the 10th instant, a confidential message, of which…
No. 5. [June 12, 1846] PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE II OF TREATY. The following was moved in the Senate of the United States, on 12th June, 1846, as an addition…
Viscount Palmerston to Mr. Bancroft. Foreign Office, August 24, 1848. Viscount Palmerston presents his compliments to Mr. Bancroft, and has the honor to return to him herewith, with his best…
Mr. Bancroft to Viscount Palmerston.1 90 Eaton Square, July 31, 1848. My Dear Lord: As your Lordship desired, I send for your inspection a traced copy, made for me at…
Mr. Crampton to Mr. Marcy. Washington, February 9, 1856. Sir: I have been instructed by Her Majesty’s Government to call the serious attention of the Government of the United States…
Mr. Crampton to Viscount Palmerston. No. 2.] Washington, January 13, 1848. My Lord: On the receipt of your Lordship’s dispatch No. 21, of the 17th ultimo, by which I am…
[Extract.] [August 24, 1859] Lord John Russell to Lord Lyons, 24th August, 1859; read, and copy given, to United States Secretary of State. I have to state to you that…
[Memorandum relative to the origin and privileges of the Hudson’s Bay Company.] [undated] In 1669, certain British subjects formed themselves into a Company, for the purpose of undertaking an expedition…
[Historical Note.—1818 to 1846.] [1818 to 1846] 1818. In 1818 an agreement was come to between the Government of His Britannic Majesty and that of the United States respecting the…
[Extracts.] Lord John Russell to Lord Lyons. Foreign Office, December 16, 1859. My Lord: In pointing out, therefore, to your Lordship that in what-ever manner the question was ultimately settled,…