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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.

[258] The President to the Governor of New York.

Executive Mansion, Washington, November 29, 1871.

[259] Mr. Fish to Mr. Akerman

Department of State, Washington, August 1, 1871.

[260] Mr. Akerman to Mr. Fish

Department of Justice, August 7, 1871. (Received August 9.)

[261] Mr. Hartley to Mr. Fish

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., September 2, 1871. (Received September 4.)

Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1871

Great Britain.