AND

THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

A LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF STATE

TO

THE MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES AT LONDON,

DATED MAY 8, 1882,

WITH SUNDRY PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS EXPLANATORY
OF THE SAME, SELECTED FROM THE ARCHIVES

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

MESSAGE

FROM THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

TRANSMITTING,

In response to the Senate resolution of the 15th of July, 1882, a report of
the Secretary of State and accompanying papers relating to the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty.

AUGUST 3, 1832.-Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
AUGUST 4, 1882.-Ordered printed.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit herewith, in response to the Senate resolution of the 15th
instant, a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers
relating to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

Washington, July 29, 1882.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

To the President:

The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the
Senate of the 15th instant, requesting the President, "if not incompati-
ble with the public interest, to furnish the Senate with copies of the
declaration of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and Mr. Clayton on the ex-
change of the ratifications of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty on the 4th day
of July, 1850, and any other documents referred to in the instruction
of Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell dated the 8th day of May, 1882,"
has the honor to lay before the President, for transmission to the Sen-
ate in response to the resolution, the accompanying copy of the decla-
ration of Sir Henry Bulwer and Mr. Clayton described therein, together
with a selection of such other documents cited in the instruction of
May 8 to Mr. Lowell as seem to come within the purview of the resolu-
tion.

Respectfully submitted.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

FRED'K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.

Washington, July 29, 1882.

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Property of the United States Government

CONTENTS.

I.

NOTE: Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell, No. 368, May 8, 1832

II.

LIST OF EXPLANATORY DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS:

Page.

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1. Definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and Spain, signed at

Paris February 10, 1763. (Extract)......

26

2. Definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and Spain, signed at

Versailles September 3, 1783. (Extract).

26

3. Convention between Great Britain and Spain, relative to America, signed

at London July 14, 1786

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31

4. President Monroe's message to Congress March 8, 1822. (Extract)

5. Observations of John Quincy Adams on the claim of Russia to territorial

possession on the continent of North America, communicated with Mr.

Adams' letter to Mr. Middleton, of July 22, 1823..

6. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 19, 1823.

7. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 23, 1823.

No. 323 .

No. 325.

8. President Monroe's message to Congress December 2, 1823. (Extract)

9. Mr. Rush to Mr. Middleton, January 9, 1824. (Extract).

10. Mr. Rush to Mr. John Quincy Adams, August 12, 1824. (Extract).

11. Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between Great Britain and

Mexico, signed at London December 26, 1826. (Extract)

12. Treaty between the United States and New Granada, December 12, 1846.

(Extract).

13. Convention between the United States and Nicaragua June 21, 1849.

(Concluded, but not submitted to the Senate in consequence of the

subsequent conclusion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty)

14. Contract between Nicaragua and the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship

Canal Company, signed at Leon, August 27, 1849, containing the grant

which was subsequently accepted under Article VII of the Clayton-

Bulwer treaty.

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41

49

15. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, September 15, 1849..

16. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, October 1, 1849. (Extract)..

17. Mr. Crampton to Lord Palmerston, November 4, 1849...

18. Mr. Abbott Lawrence to Lord Palmerston, November 8, 1849

19. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, January 6, 1850. (Extract)................

20. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, February 3, 1850, inclosing a pro-

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ject for the convention afterwards known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.

21. Lord Palmerston to Sir Henry Bulwer, March 8, 1850

22. Decree of the Director of Nicaragua of March 9, 1850, incorporating the

American Atlantic, and Pacific Ship Canal Company

23. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Clayton, No. 44, April 19, 1850. (Extract)

24. Clayton-Bulwer treaty, signed at Washington, April 19, 1850..

25. Sir Henry Bulwer to Lord Palmerston, April 28, 1850. (Extract)..