Great Britain.
[256] 3.—The Treaty of Washington.
Washington
February 27, 1871.
Protocols of conference between the high commissioners on the part of the United States of America and the high commissioners on the part of Great Britain.
[257] Treaty between the United States and Great Britain.—Claims, fisheries, navigation of the St. Lawrence, &c., American lumber on the river St. John, boundary.—Concluded May 8, 1871; ratifications exchanged June 17, 1871; proclaimed July 4, 1871.
Done in duplicate at
Washington
the eighth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.
[261] Mr. Hartley to Mr. Fish
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., September 2, 1871. (Received September
4.)