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

[Argument.]

June 10, 1872.

Sir: We have the honor to hand you herewith the argument prepared by us as counsel of the United States, in order that, in pursuance of Article V of the treaty of Washington, it may be presented in their behalf to the tribunal of arbitration constituted by that treaty.

We have the honor, sir, to be your obedient servants,

C. CUSHING.

WM. M. EVARTS.

M. E. WAITE.

J. C. Bancroft Davis, Esq., Agent of the United States.