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 I
Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State · 1872
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Description
This volume prints the pleadings in the Alabama claims arbitration. It forms Part II, Volume I of the 1872 papers. The Treaty of Washington, signed May 8, 1871, created the Geneva tribunal. The American case opens the book. It charges Britain with unfriendly conduct through the war. Britain's case answers in its own block. An American counter case follows with a large appendix.
The evidence reaches beyond the cruisers themselves. Cuban correspondence from 1866 to 1871 fills one run. Spanish gunboats at New York get another. The monitors Catawba and Oneota appear at New Orleans. The Hornet and the Florida add further files. One law officers' opinion treats the Shenandoah at Melbourne. The volume is a courtroom in print. Two nations argue the war at law.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1872 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2905 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian Ebook Catalog API (public domain U.S. government work); converted from official EPUB |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1872p2v1