The Aves Island case
Subtitle: with the correspondence relating thereto and discussion of law and facts
By: being the official documents published by order of the Senate of the United States. H. S. Sanford, attorney for claimants.
Contributors: Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891.; Shelton, Philo S.; Venezuela.; United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
Subjects: United States -- Claims vs. Venezuela; Aves Island (Venezuela)
Notes: Microfilm. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress.
Consists of executive document no. 10 of the U.S. Senate, 36th Congress, 2d session, with a prefatory note by H. S. Sanford, acting as attorney for Philo S. Shelton and Sampson & Tappan. Concerns a claim against the Venezuelan Government after its seizure of the island in 1854. The report of the Secretary of State was transmitted by the President.