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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. I. Argument of the United States, delivered to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, June 15, 1872.

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

I. Argument of the United States, delivered to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, June 15, 1872.

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[1] [Argument.]

June 10, 1872.

[2] I.—Introduction.

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[3] II.–The controversy submitted to arbitration.

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[4] III.—General discussion of questions of law.

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[5] IV.—Miscellaneous considerations.

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[6] V.—Statement of some general facts pertaining to the inquiry, and applicable to each cruiser.

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[7] VI.—The Florida.

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[8] VII.—The Alabama.

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[9] VIII.—The Georgia.

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[10] IX.—The Shenandoah.

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[11] X.—The Sumter, the Nashville, the Retribution, the Tallahassee, and the Chickamauga.

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[12] XI.—Consideration of the duties of Great Britain, as established and recognized by the treaty, in regard to the offending vessels, and its failure to fulfill them, as to each of said vessels.

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[13] XII.—The failure of Great Britain to fulfill its duties, as established and recognized by the treaty, considered upon the facts.

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[14] XIII.—Nature and amount of damages claimed by the United States.

June 10, 1872.

Contents

    • Appendix. (Documents 15–18)

    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)
    • Index

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