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CONTENTS.

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NOTE: Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell, No. 368, May 8, 1832

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LIST OF EXPLANATORY DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS:

1. Definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and Spain, signed at

Paris February 10, 1763.

(Extract)................

2. Definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and Spain, signed at

Versailles September 3, 1783. (Extract)

3. Convention between Great Britain and Spain, relative to America, signed

at London July 14, 1786 ....

4. President Monroe's message to Congress March 8, 1822. (Extract) ....

5. Observations of John Quincy Adams on the claim of Russia to territorial

possession on the continent of North America, communicated with Mr.

Adams' letter to Mr. Middleton, of July 22, 1823..

6. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 19, 1823. No. 323

7. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 23, 1823. No. 325.

8. President Monroe's message to Congress December 2, 1823. (Extract)

9. Mr. Rush to Mr. Middleton, January 9, 1824. (Extract).

10. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 12, 1824.

11. Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between Great Britain and

Mexico, signed at London December 26, 1826. (Extract)..

12. Treaty between the United States and New Granada, December 12, 1846.

(Extract).

(Extract)..

13. Convention between the United States and Nicaragua June 21, 1849.

(Concluded, but not submitted to the Senate in consequence of the

subsequent conclusion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty) -

14. Contract between Nicaragua and the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship

Canal Company, signed at Leon, August 27, 1849, containing the grant

which was subsequently accepted under Article VII of the Clayton-

Bulwer treaty..

15. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, September 15, 1849.

16. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, October 1, 1849. (Extract)....

17. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, November 4, 1849..

18. Mr. Abbott Lawrence to Lord Palmerston, November 8, 1849

19. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, January 6, 1850. (Extract).

20. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, February 3, 1850, inclosing a pro-

ject for the convention afterwards known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.

21. Lord Palmerston to Sir Henry Bulwer, March 8, 1850

22. Decree of the Director of Nicaragua of March 9, 1850, incorporating the

American Atlantic, and Pacific Ship Canal Company.

23. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Clayton, No. 44, April 19, 1850. (Extract)

24. Clayton-Bulwer treaty, signed at Washington, April 19, 1850.......

25. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, April 28, 1850. (Extract)..

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26. Declaration made by Sir Henry Bulwer at the Department of State, June

29, 1850, prior to the exchange of the ratifications of the Clayton-Bul-

wer treaty

27. Memorandum touching Sir Henry Bulwer's declaration filed by Mr. Clay-

ton in the Department of State at Washington, July 5, 1850

28. Charter granted to the Accessory Transit Company by Nicaragua, August

14, 1851...

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29. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster, No. 164, February 27, 1852. (Extract).

30. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster, No. 168, March 26, 1852. (Extract)...

31. Arrangement for settling Central American affairs, agreed upon between

Mr. Crampton and Mr. Webster, April 30, 1852

32. Mr. Webster to Mr. Lawrence, No. 77, May 14, 1852. (Extract).

33. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster, No. 188, June 8, 1852.

34. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster, No. 194, July 2, 1852. (Extract)......

35. Proclamation of the organization of the British Colony of the Bay Islands,

July 17, 1852

36. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster, No. 198, August 13, 1852..

37. Mr. Marcy to Mr. Borland, No. 8, December 30, 1853. (Extract)

38. Statement of Mr. Buchanan for Lord Clarendon, January 6, 1854.

(Extract)

39. Statement of Lord Clarendon for Mr. Buchanan, May 2, 1854. (Extract).

40. Remarks by Mr. Buchanan in reply to Lord Clarendon's statement of May

2; July 22, 1854. (Extract).

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41. Decree of the President of Nicaragua annulling the grant to the American

Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company, February 18, 1856.....

42. Additional article to the treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation

between Great Britain and Honduras, signed at London August 27, 1856.

43. Lord Napier to Lord Clarendon, March 12, 1857 ...............

44. Lord Napier to Lord Clarendon, May 6, 1857. (Extracts)

45. Mr. Cass to Lord Napier, May 29, 1857..

46. Lord Napier to Lord Clarendon, June 22, 1857. (Extract)

47. Lord Napier to Lord Clarendon, October 12, 1857. (Extract)

48. Mr. Cass to Lord Napier, October 20, 1857

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49. Lord Napier to Lord Clarendon, October 22, 1857.

(Extract)

114

50. The Cass-Yrisarri treaty, concluded November 16, 1857, but the ratifications

never exchanged

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51. Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, November 30, 1857. (Extract)

125

52. President Buchanan's message to Congress, December 8, 1857. (Extract).

53. Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, February 15, 1858..........

56. Mr. Cass to Mr. Lamar, No. 9, July 25, 1858. (Extract).

133

57. Mr. Cass to Lord Napier, November 8, 1858..

137

58. Lord Malmesbury to Lord Napier, December 8, 1858. (Extract)

59. Convention between Great Britain and Guatemala, signed at Guatemala

April 30, 1859

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146

60. Treaty between Great Britain and Honduras respecting the Bay Islands,

the Mosquito Indians, and the rights and claims of British subjects,

signed at Comayagua November 28, 1859 ......

61. Treaty between Great Britain and Nicaragua relative to the Mosquito

Indians and to the rights and claims of British subjects, signed at Man-

agua January 28, 1860.

62. President Buchanan's message to Congress, December 3, 1860. (Extract).

63. Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, No. 1745, April 25, 1866..

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64. Report from Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, on the commercial relations

between the United States and the Spanish-American States, July 14,

1870. (Extract) ....

65. Mr. Fish to General Schenck, No. 375, April 26, 1873...

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(Extract) ...........

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66. Message of President Hayes to Congress, March 8, 1880.

67. Extract from the report of Mr. Evarts, Secretary of State, accompanying

President Hayes's message (No. 66, ante) and the Wyse concession for

the Panama Canal which it inclosed .

68. Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell, No. 187, June 24, 1881

69. Mr. Hoppin to Mr. Blaine, No. 218, November 11, 1881; inclosing Lord

Granville's note to Mr. Hoppin, November 10, 1881.

70. Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell, No. 270, November 19, 1881.

71. Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell, No. 281, November 29, 1881.

72. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine; No. 266, December 15, 1881

73. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine, No. 277, December 27, 1881

74. Lord Granville to Mr. West, January 7, 1882

75. Lord Granville to Mr. West, January 14, 1882

76. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen, No. 376, June 1, 1882.

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