James D. Hague 



ment to serve on a commission or- 

 ganized to promote and manage an 

 International Exhibition at Madrid, 

 in celebration of the Four Hundredth 

 Anniversary of the Discovery of Am- 

 erica by Christopher Columbus. 



The attitude of Portugal on the 

 question of slavery and the slave trade 

 attracted Mr. Cutter's ever-watchful 

 eye, some years since, and led to cer- 

 tain manifestations of his interest in 

 the matter through the press of the 

 time (i 889-1 890). 



The friendly relations of Russia 

 with the United States during the 

 war of the rebellion, forty years ago, 

 gave Mr. Cutter much satisfaction, 

 and he made it the subject of an in- 

 teresting contribution to history in a 

 magazine article,* which attracted at- 

 tention both in America and Europe. 



In the western hemisphere one of 

 Mr. Cutter's most absorbing interests 



* Overland Monthly, September, 1892. 

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