Foreign Relations of the United States, 1902, Whaling and Sealing Claims Against Russia, On Account of Arrest and Seizure of the American Vessels “Cape Horn Pigeon,” “James Hamilton Lewis,” “C. H. White,” and “Kate and Anna,” Appendix I

EXHIBIT U.

State of California, State and County of San Francisco, ss:

Alexander McLean, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California; that on the 2d day of August, 1891, the date of the seizure of the American schooner James Hamilton Lewis, he was, and now is, a citizen of the United States of America; that all the officers of the said schooner on said date were citizens of the United States of America, and to the best of his knowledge and belief are now such citizens; that to the best of his knowledge and belief the entire crew of said schooner, on said 2d day of August, 1891, were, and now are, citizens of the United States of America.

Alexander McLean.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of December, A. D. 1893.

[seal.]

J. S. Manley,
Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court, Northern District of California.