Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Rebel cruisers. Negotiations concerning claims conventionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 - Alabama claims |
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... regard to Lairds ' gunboat , and collector's answer . Also , note to Mr. Adams , covering copy of collector's reply , and description of inside of vessel . If we must prove by legal evidence that she is intended for the rebels , it is ...
... regard to Lairds ' gunboat , and collector's answer . Also , note to Mr. Adams , covering copy of collector's reply , and description of inside of vessel . If we must prove by legal evidence that she is intended for the rebels , it is ...
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... regard these destructions as being com- mitted by British subjects , in violation of the law of nations , after repeated notice to the British government . The legal proofs to support claim for indemnity will be forwarded as soon as ...
... regard these destructions as being com- mitted by British subjects , in violation of the law of nations , after repeated notice to the British government . The legal proofs to support claim for indemnity will be forwarded as soon as ...
Page xvii
... regard to hostile vessels preparing at Liverpool . Has urged action of some sort to prevent their success . Incloses papers received from Mr. Dudley and laid before Lord Russell , showing Captain Bullock's position in the confederate ...
... regard to hostile vessels preparing at Liverpool . Has urged action of some sort to prevent their success . Incloses papers received from Mr. Dudley and laid before Lord Russell , showing Captain Bullock's position in the confederate ...
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... regard the purchase of prize cargoes as forbidden by the Queen's proclamation . He has received a Cape Town newspaper containing the private journal of an officer of the Alabama , which he proposes to have printed and laid before the ...
... regard the purchase of prize cargoes as forbidden by the Queen's proclamation . He has received a Cape Town newspaper containing the private journal of an officer of the Alabama , which he proposes to have printed and laid before the ...
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... regard to the intervention of the Deerhound in the fight between the Kearsarge and Alabama . The President regrets the failure thus far to prevent mis- understanding on a point so serious . 3 Has spoken informally to Lord Russell , re ...
... regard to the intervention of the Deerhound in the fight between the Kearsarge and Alabama . The President regrets the failure thus far to prevent mis- understanding on a point so serious . 3 Has spoken informally to Lord Russell , re ...
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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...