Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62H.M. Stationery Office, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... vessels " Brilliant " and " Manchester , " which have been destroyed on the high seas by the Confederate steam - vessel " Alabama . " I have now the honour to state to you that Her Majesty's Government entirely dis- claim all ...
... vessels " Brilliant " and " Manchester , " which have been destroyed on the high seas by the Confederate steam - vessel " Alabama . " I have now the honour to state to you that Her Majesty's Government entirely dis- claim all ...
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... vessel with myself . Captain Bullock came over to England , in the first instance , to contract for building the two vessels , the " Oreto , " now called the " Florida , " and the " Alabama . " He came to contract for and in behalf of ...
... vessel with myself . Captain Bullock came over to England , in the first instance , to contract for building the two vessels , the " Oreto , " now called the " Florida , " and the " Alabama . " He came to contract for and in behalf of ...
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... vessel on that evening . There were about seventy or eighty men in the vessel at this time under Captain Butcher , who had been in command of the vessel for more than a month before she sailed . I went on the vessel on the morning of ...
... vessel on that evening . There were about seventy or eighty men in the vessel at this time under Captain Butcher , who had been in command of the vessel for more than a month before she sailed . I went on the vessel on the morning of ...
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... vessel was in Portuguese waters , but under the Confederate flag . This was on Sunday , the 24th of August , 1862. At the same time Captain Semmes announced that the ship would be called the Confederate States ' vessel " Alabama . " The ...
... vessel was in Portuguese waters , but under the Confederate flag . This was on Sunday , the 24th of August , 1862. At the same time Captain Semmes announced that the ship would be called the Confederate States ' vessel " Alabama . " The ...
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... vessel to foreign owners , and requested the register to be cancelled . That act was not completed until the 23rd of June last . It would appear from these facts , should they prove to be true , that this vessel has remained the ...
... vessel to foreign owners , and requested the register to be cancelled . That act was not completed until the 23rd of June last . It would appear from these facts , should they prove to be true , that this vessel has remained the ...
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acknowledge the receipt Acting Consul Adams to Earl affidavit agents Alabama America Angra Pequena arrived authority Bahama barque boat Boston British subjects Cape Town Captain Bullock Captain Semmes Capture cargo CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Chesapeake command Confederate Consul copy crew December declaration deponent despatch Ditto dollars Earl Russell Earl Russell.-(Received enlisted Foreign Office Fort Lafayette further Gray Halifax honour to acknowledge honour to transmit inclose Inclosure instant instructions Island James John July June land letter Lieutenant Liverpool Lord Lyons Lordship Lyons to Earl Majesty's Government Margaret and Jessie mate McHugh Messrs morning neutral Notary Public Nova Scotia o'clock parties passengers Penguin Island persons port Portland prisoners prize proceedings Queenstown received residing respecting sailed Saxon schooner Sea Bride Secretary sent Seward ship Signed Simon's Bay steam-ship steamer sworn Table Bay taken Thomas Tulley told Tuscaloosa ultimo United Vanderbilt vessel Washington York
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Page 7 - ... equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Page 17 - ... so made, and to require all Justices of the Peace and other magistrates and officers of justice within their several jurisdictions to govern themselves accordingly...
Page 13 - I, AB, do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful ; and I do also solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare, &c.
Page 32 - ... witnesseth : That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter mentioned, to be kept and performed by the said party of the second part...
Page 15 - I am directed by the Governor, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, relative to the Alabama.
Page 27 - In pursuance of this policy, the laws of the United States do not forbid their citizens to sell to either of the belligerent powers, articles contraband of war, or take munitions of war or soldiers on board their private ships for transportation ; and although, in so doing, the individual .citizen exposes his property or person to some of the hazards of war, his acts do not involve any breach of national neutrality, nor of themselves implicate the government.
Page 3 - Simon's Bay, August 8, 1863. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's letter of this day's date, covering the written opinion of the Acting Attorney-General of this Colony as to the legality of the so-called tender to the Confederate States' armed ship "Alabama," and for which I beg to express my thanks.
Page 17 - I have the honor to inform your lordship of the directions which I have received from my government to solicit redress for the national and private injuries already thus sustained, as well as a more effective prevention of any repetition of such lawless and injurious proceedings in her Majesty's ports hereafter.
Page 2 - ... be regarded by the government and people of the United States with the greatest alarm, as virtually tantamount to a participation in the war by the people of Great Britain to a degree which, if not seasonably prevented, cannot fail to endanger the peace and welfare of both countries.
Page 27 - I am directed to say, there is no fair and equitable form of conventional arbitrament or reference to which they will not be willing to submit. Entertaining these views, I crave permission to apprise your lordship that I have received directions to continue to present to your notice...