670 Etats-Unis, 1853-1854 
110 (1853-1854. Nov. -May) 
Correspondence of Clarendon, Cowley, Crampton, Drouyn 
de Lhuys , Marcy, W. Miller, Pierce, Sartiges 
Other Material 
Pierce's annual message to Congress (Dec. 5, 1853). 
U.S. Treasury reports. 
Resume of debates in Congress. 
Acts of Congress. 
Circular letters to French representatives in Central 
and South America. 
French intra-departmental communications (Foreign 
Office) . 
Clippings from American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
Neutral rights; Black Warrior affair and Spanish- 
American relations over Cuba; U.S. expansionist ambitions 
with regard to Cuba, Haiti, Hawaiian Islands, and Franco- 
British attitude; internal politics in U.S.; American 
relations with Russia, Santo Domingo, South American states, 
Switzerland; minor Franco -American difficulties; protection 
of foreigners in U.5.; difficulties of U.S. representatives 
on foreign missions; American interest in Far East; war "in 
Europe; proceedings of Congress; reports of U.S. government 
departments; attack on Cardinal Bedini in Cincinnati; - 
Gadsden Purchase; Franco -American commercial relations; 
abolition movement and Kansas and Nebraska question; North- 
east Fisheries; Dillon affair at San Francisco. 
Important Documents 
Drouyn de Lhuys to Sartiges 
Nov. 3. No. 26, Americans in Hawaiian Islands 
favor ^annexation to U.S.; U.S. will probably support them; 
Sartiges must let U.S. know that France will not look with 
favor on such a development (f. 4). [See also enclosures, 
Earl of Clarendon to Lord Cowley, Nov. 1 (f . 7) , and to 
Crampton, Nov. 1 (f. 9).] 
Mar. 30. No. 11, Sartiges to insist on U.S. 
observance of neutrality laws with regard to fitting out 
of Russian privateers in American ports; suggests use of 
Perry's Pacific squadron to enforce neutrality; let U.S. 
know that Great Britain and France were instrumental in 
persuading Spain to refuse Santo Domingo's offer to place 
part of island under Spanish protection (ff . 211-214) . 
May 4. No. 14, neutral commerce; Black Warrior 
affair; U.S. mistaken if she intends to take advantage of 
European war to expand in Caribbean; France forming .new 
naval squadron to handle such eventualities (ff. 271-274). 
Sartiges to Drouyn de Lhuys 
Nov. 28. No. 119, interview with Marcy on 
Hawaiian Islands; Marcy declines joint guarantee of in- 
dependence; U.S. public opinion on French-English-Russian 
difficulties (ff. 37-41). 
