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Excerpt from Alaska Boundary: Memorandum for Counsel; Various Documents Bearing on the Question of the Alaska Boundary In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of February last, requesting the President of the United States "to communicate to that House whether any foreign Government has made claim to any part of the territory of the United States upon the coast of the Pacific ocean north of the forty-second degree of latitude, and to what extent; whether any regulations have been made by foreign Powers affecting the trade on that coast, and how far it affects the interests of this republic; and whether any communications have been made to this Government by foreign Powers touching the contemplated occupation of Columbia river," I now transmit a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information embraced by that resolution. The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of February last, requesting the President of the United States "to communicate to that House whether any foreign Government has made claim to any part of the territory of the United States upon the coast of the Pacific ocean north of the forty-second degree of latitude, and to what extent; whether any regulations have been made by foreign Powers affecting the trade on that coast, and how far it affects the interests of this republic; and whether any communications have been made to this Government by foreign Powers touching the contemplated occupation of Columbia river," has the honor of submitting to the President sundry papers, containing the information embraced by the resolution. At the time when the subject of the proposed occupation of the Columbia river was presented to the consideration of Congress, at their last session, the minister of Great Britain, at two several interviews with the Secretary of State, suggested that Great Britain had claims on the northwest coast of America, with which he conceived that such occupation on the part of the United States would conflict; and requested to be informed what were the intentions of the Government of the United States in this respect. The Secretary of State declined answering those inquiries, or discussing those claims, otherwise than in writing. But no written communication upon the subject has been received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.