A copy of the dispatch of the 11th ultimo from Mr. Bancroft, which
accompanied the convention, is also transmitted for the information of
the Senate.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, _January 16, 1872_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 16th of May last,
calling for papers, correspondence, and information relating to the case
of the ship _Hudson_ and schooner _Washington_[54] I transmit reports
from the Secretaries of State and of the Navy and the papers by which
they were accompanied.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 54: Seized by British authorities at the Falkland Islands in
1854.]
WASHINGTON, _January 30, 1872_.
_To the House of Representatives:_
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th
instant, calling for certain correspondence relating to the release of
the Fenian prisoner William G. Halpine, I transmit herewith a report of
the Secretary of State.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, _February 2, 1872_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 16th
ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying
papers.[55]
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 55: Correspondence relative to the seizure and detention of
the American steamers _Hero, Dudley Buck, Nutrias_, and _San Fernando_,
property of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company, and the virtual
imprisonment of the officers of those vessels.
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