http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222516
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Fur seal arbitration
creator: Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration
issued: 2015-09-15
issued: 1895
description: "Final report of the agent of the United States; protocols of the proceedings of the Tribunal; award and declaration; opinions of Mr. Justice Harlan and Senator Morgan" -- First page "([United States] 53d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. 177, pts. 1-16)" -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 126.
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extent: 86, 228, 129 pages : tables ; 24 cm
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note: FUR SEAL ARBITRATION. PROCEEDINGS of the Tribunal of Arbitration, CONVENED AT PARIS UNDER THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 29,1892, DETERMINATION OF QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS CONCERNING THE JURISDICTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES in the WATERS OF BERING SEA, VOLUME I, WASHINGTON: GOYJSKNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1895, FUR SEAL ARBITRATION. FINAL REPORT OF THE AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES; PROTOCOLS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIBUNAL; AWARD AND DECLARATION; OPINIONS OF MR. JUSTICE HARLAN AND SENATOR MORGAN. FINAL REPORT OF THE AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Agency of the United States, Paris, August 10,1803. Honorable W. Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, Washington, J). 0. Sir: As agent of the United States, appointed under the treaty of February 29,1892, providing for the submission to arbitration of the questions which had arisen between the United States and Great Britain respecting the far seals of the Pribilof Islands, I now have the honor to transmit to you the following report of the proceedings and results of the arbitration: When I entered upon my duties as agent, in May, 1892, it was found that no steps had up to that time been taken to collect evidence in authentic form to support*the claims put forward by the United States, and which were, by the treaty of February 29,1892, to be submitted to the Tribunal of Arbitration. I conceived it to be my duty under the treaty, in the preparation of the case of the United States, to embrace in that documeut a presentation of all the questions of law and of fact which were by the treaty submitted to arbitration, and to support the claims of the United States in respect thereto by all the evidence in the possession or within the reach of the Government. I therefore proceeded with as much promptness and thoroughness as the time and means at my command allowed to collect all the evidence which was pertinent and proper to lay before the Tribunal of Ar…
note: Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53097835
has type: Books
has type: Legislative proceedings
identifier: JX238 .F8 1895
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222516
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Washington : Government Printing Office
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. JX238 .F8 1895
subject: Bering Sea controversy
subject: Sealing
title: Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Paris under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Washington February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering Sea. Volume I
type: Text