Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874

No. 330.
Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton.

Department of State,
Washington, June 19, 1874.

Sir: In consequence of an official inquiry addressed to this Department, I take leave to ask whether Labrador forms part of the Dominion of Canada.

I am under the impression that it is politically attached to Newfoundland, but desire to be authoritatively informed on the question.

Have the goodness, also, to say whether any part of Labrador is separated from the jurisdiction of either the Dominion of Canada or that of Newfoundland.

I have, &c.,

HAMILTON FISH.