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I have forwarded a copy of this letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the 



Colonies, with whom it will rest to make application to the Governor of Newfoundland 



for the ultimate refund of this payment. t „„ .i„ 



i. am, etc., 



(Signed) Granville 



NOTE FROM MR. LOWELL TO EARL GRANVILLE, MARCH 2, 1881 1 



Legation of the United States, London, March 2nd, 1881 



My Lord, I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that, having inquired of 

 Mr. Evarts by telegraph of the nature of the assurance that I migh . give your Lordship 

 upon the receipt of the proposed indemnity in the Newfoundland fishery transac- 

 tions, I received from him an answer by cable late last evening to the following effect: 



The assurance I may give is this : that the sum paid is accepted in full of all claims 

 arising out of any interruption of American fishermen on the coasts of Newfoundland 

 and its dependencies up to this time presented to either Government and without 

 prejudice to any question of the rights of either Government imder the Treaty of 

 Washington. 



I am also permitted to say to your Lordship in giving this assurance, that as a 

 matter of fact no other claims than those embraced in the Fortime Bay Ust and those 

 named in Mr. Evarts' dispatch Number one hundred and nine, which I have shown 

 to your Lordship, are within the knowledge of my Government for presentation or 

 for its own consideration. 



I have already communicated to your Lordship orally the substance of this cable 

 message, at the interview which I had the honor of having with you this morning. 

 I understood your Lordship to say in answer to this communication that Her Majesty's 

 Government adhered to the terms they had finally offered: that is to say: that the 

 Slim of fifteen thousand pounds should be considered as received in full of all demands 

 arising out of the interruptions of American fishermen on the coast of Newfoundland 

 up to date : otherwise that you would prefer to fall back upon the plan of a reference 

 already suggested. 



I sent a telegram to Mr. Evarts this morning informing him of your views. 



I have the honor to be with the highest consideration 

 My Lord 

 Your most obedient humble servant 



The Right Honourable Earl Granville 

 etc. etc. etc. 



III. Correspondence Concerning the Convention of 1818 



NOTE of secretary OF STATE ROOT TO SIR MORTIMER DURAND, BRITISH 

 minister AT WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 12, 1905 ^ 



Department op State, Washington, October 12, 1905 

 Dear Mr. Ambassador, — I have just telegraphed you at Lenox expressing my 

 wish for an interview at your early convenience. The occasion for the request is a 

 dispatch which I have just received from Senator Lodge, containing the following 



' Appendix, British Case, p. 292. 



' Appendix, U. S. Case, p. 964; Appendix, British Case, p. 491. 



