Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Message of the President.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1895, a report by the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of correspondence touching the establishment or attempted establishment of post-routes by Great Britain or the Dominion of Canada over or upon United States territory in Alaska; also, as to the occupation, or attempted occupation, by any means, of any portion of that territory by the military or civil authorities of Great Britain or of Canada.

Grover Cleveland.

Executive Mansion,
Washington , February 10, 1896 .