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Rutherford B. Hayes: In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of June last, requesting a copy of correspondence between this…

On the recordJanuary 12, 1879
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of June last, requesting a copy of correspondence between this Government and that of Her Britannic Majesty in regard to inviting other maritime powers to accede to the three rules of neutrality laid down in Article VI of the treaty of May 8, 1871, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, together with its accompanying papers.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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