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No. 319. Mr. Smyth to Mr. Evarts .

ittee of the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed June 26, 1865,” there is, to my view and opinion, no difference between the substance and language of our deeds for the northwest territories and the deed of cession by the king and headmen of Lagos and parts adjacent, to Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain. And why our deeds should be disputed for the natives is a matter to me unaccountable and most unreasonable, unless it is for the purpose of allowing foreigners to have a better opportunity of taking an advantage of our commerce in that portion of our territory without paying the …

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1879-01-09
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1879/d348
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Record ID	`frus:frus1879/d348`

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No. 319. Mr. Smyth to Mr. Evarts .. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1879. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1879/d348.