Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Rebel cruisers. Negotiations concerning claims conventionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 - Alabama claims |
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... instant , calling attention to a steam vessel which you state is now fitting out at Liverpool with the intention of carrying on hostilities . against the government of the United States , and I have to acquaint you that I have lost no ...
... instant , calling attention to a steam vessel which you state is now fitting out at Liverpool with the intention of carrying on hostilities . against the government of the United States , and I have to acquaint you that I have lost no ...
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... instant , a copy of which was sent to you by mail yesterday . The collector seems disposed to hold our government to as strict a rule as if we were in a court of justice . We are required to furnish legal evidence , ( I take it this is ...
... instant , a copy of which was sent to you by mail yesterday . The collector seems disposed to hold our government to as strict a rule as if we were in a court of justice . We are required to furnish legal evidence , ( I take it this is ...
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... instant , acknowledging your commúnication of the 9th , relative to the vessel built by Messrs . Laird , of Birkenhead , I have to acquaint you , that I am directed by the commissioners of her Majesty's customs to apprise you that their ...
... instant , acknowledging your commúnication of the 9th , relative to the vessel built by Messrs . Laird , of Birkenhead , I have to acquaint you , that I am directed by the commissioners of her Majesty's customs to apprise you that their ...
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... instant , No. 345 , upon the evidence adduced by him that the gunboat has been fitted out by Messrs . Laird , of Birk- enhead , for the confederate government of the southern States . The only evidence of importance , as appears to me ...
... instant , No. 345 , upon the evidence adduced by him that the gunboat has been fitted out by Messrs . Laird , of Birk- enhead , for the confederate government of the southern States . The only evidence of importance , as appears to me ...
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... instant , I saw the said J. D. Bullock on board the said vessel at Messrs . Laird & Co.'s yard . He appeared to be giving orders to the workmen who were employed about such vessel . MATTHEW MAGUIRE . Sworn before me at the custom ...
... instant , I saw the said J. D. Bullock on board the said vessel at Messrs . Laird & Co.'s yard . He appeared to be giving orders to the workmen who were employed about such vessel . MATTHEW MAGUIRE . Sworn before me at the custom ...
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Page 256 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 762 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 256 - In witness whereof the Master or Purser of the said Ship hath affirmed to three Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date, One of which three Bills being Accomplished, the other two to stand Void. And so GOD send the good Ship to her desired Port in safety, Amen.
Page 753 - They shall investigate and decide upon such claims in such order and in such manner as they may think proper, but upon such evidence or information only as shall be furnished by or on behalf of the respective Governments.
Page 753 - London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity, without fear...
Page 755 - America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.
Page 745 - The high contracting parties agree to consider the result of the proceedings of this commission as a full, perfect, and final settlement of every claim upon either government arising out of any transaction of a date prior to the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention...
Page 744 - ... make and subscribe a solemn declaration in a form similar to that which shall already have been made and subscribed by the commissioners, which shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.
Page 552 - Whether the President in fulfilling his duties as Commanderin-chief, in suppressing an insurrection, has met with such armed hostile resistance, and a civil war of such alarming proportions as will compel him to accord to them the character of belligerents, is a question to be decided by him, and this Court must be governed by the decisions and acts of the political department of the Government to which this power was entrusted. ' He must determine what degree of force the crisis demands.
Page 743 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : ARTICLE I. The High Contracting Parties agree that all claims on the part of Corporations, Companies, or private individuals, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, upon the Government of the United States...