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  3. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume III
  4. II. Argument or summary showing the points and referring to the evidence relied upon by the government of Her Britannic Majesty in answer to the claims of the United States: Presented to the tribunal of arbitration constituted under Article I of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th May, 1871, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.

Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume III

II. Argument or summary showing the points and referring to the evidence relied upon by the government of Her Britannic Majesty in answer to the claims of the United States: Presented to the tribunal of arbitration constituted under Article I of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th May, 1871, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.


[19] Under Article I of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th May, 1871, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.

[undated.]

[20] Annex (A.)–Communications between the British and American governments, during the Civil War with reference to the state of the neutrality laws of Great Britain.

[undated.]

[21] Annex (B.)–French translation of the three rules in Article VI of the Treaty of Washington.

[undated.]

[22] Annex C.–Report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade.

June 8, 1872.

[23] Annex D.–Further note on the clause presented by the government of the United States for expenditure alleged to have been incurred in the pursuit and capture of Confederate cruisers.

[undated.]

Contents

  • Papers relating to the Treaty of Washington.
  • Table of contents.
  • I. Argument of the United States, delivered to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, June 15, 1872. (Documents 1–18)
    • Appendix. (Documents 15–18)
  • II. Argument or summary showing the points and referring to the evidence relied upon by the government of Her Britannic Majesty in answer to the claims of the United States: Presented to the tribunal of arbitration constituted under Article I of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th May, 1871, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. (Documents 19–23)
  • III. Supplementary statements or arguments made by the respective agents or counsel subsequently to filing the arguments according to the provisions of the treaty.
    • Contents. (Documents 24–40)
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