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No. 3. Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward, with an accompaniment. May 22, 1S67. 



No. 4. Mr. Chappell to Mr. Seward. May 30, 1867. 



No. 5. Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Chappell. June 6, 1367. 



No. 6. Mr. Browning to Mr. Seward, with an accompaniment. October 26, 

 1867. 



No. 7. Mr. Seward to M. de Stoeckl, with an accompaniment. October 29. 

 1867. 



No. 8. General Grant to Mr. Seward, with accompaniments. October 29,' 

 1S67. 



No. 9. General Halleck to the Adjutant General. November 23, 1S67. 



No. 10. General Grant to the Secretary of the Interior, with an accompani- 

 ment. December 21, 1867. 



No. 11. Mr. Wicker to Mr. Seward, with an accompaniment. January 10, 

 186S. 



No. 12. Senate resolution 116. February 28, 1S6S. 



No. 13. Senator Cole to Mr. Browning. April 13, 1S6S. 



No. 1. 



Memorial of the legislature of Washington Territory to the President. 



Received February, 1866. 



Bis Excellency Andrew Johxsox, 



President of the United States : 



Your memorialists, the legislative assembly of Washington Territory, beg 

 leave to show that abundance of codfish, halibut, and salmon, of excellent qual- 

 ity, have been found along the shores of the Russian possessions. Your memo- 

 rialists respectfully request your excellency to obtain such rights and privileges 

 of the government of Russia as will enable our fishing vessels to visit the port3 

 and harbors of its possessions to the end that fuel, water, and provisions may 

 be easily obtained, that our sick and disabled fishermen may obtain sanitary 

 assistance, together with the privilege of curing fish and repairing vessels jn 

 need of repairs. Your memorialists further request that the Treasury Depart- 

 ment be instructed to forward to the collector of customs of this Puget Sound 

 district such fishing licenses, abstract journals, and log-books, as will enable our 

 hardy fishermen to obtain the bounties now provided and paid to the fishermen 

 in tbe Atlantic States. Your memorialists finally pray your excellency to 

 employ such ships as may be spared from the Pacific naval fleet in exploring 

 and surveying the fishing banks known to navigators to exist along the Pacific 

 coast from the Cortez bank to Behring straits. And, as in duty bound, your 

 memorialists will every pray. 



Passed the house of representatives January 10, 1866. 



EDWARD ELDRIDGE, 

 Sfieaker House of Representatives. 



Passed the council January 13, 1S66. 



HARVEY K. HINES, 



President of the Council. 



No. 2. 

 Captain Harris to Mr. Seward. 



Philadelphia, April 21, 1S67. 

 Sir : Having formed an organization to go to Russian America with the Inten- 

 tion of settling and making permanent homes for the citizens of the States, we 



