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- GLC#
- GLC00267.221
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1872
- Author/Creator
- United States.
- Title
- The case of the United States, laid before the Tribunal of arbitration convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 204 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
The United States' case in arbitration against Great Britain regarding the "Alabama Claims." The United States sought compensation from Great Britain because the British supplied commerce raiding ships, including the "Alabama," to the Confederacy. The case went to arbitration, where the United States was awarded a large sum. Details the ways in which the British, by helping the Confederates, ignored the laws that apply to neutral countries during war. States desired compensation. Published by the Government Printing Office. Senate Executive Document number thirty-one from the second session of the forty-second Congress.
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