Word: seals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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LOST.- On Wednesday morning, a seal ring with the initials J. H. H. Finder will please return to Leavitt and Peirce...
...CHTTENDEN, Pres.LOST.- On Tuesday morning, a seal ring with initials J. H. H. Finder will please return to Leavitt and Peirce...
Question: "Resolved, That the United States have a right to the exclusive control of the seal fisheries in Behring...
...United States has no claim to the exclusive jurisdiction of seal fisheries alone because a. Wild animals in the high seas are the property of the first taker: Bouvier, Law Dictionary, Vol. 1, p 159; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury, p. 62. b. Prescription cannot validate a claim contrary to international law: Boyd's Wheaton, p. 257, 1. c. The rights claimed could only be gained by treaty or armed force: Halleck's Inter. Law., Vol. 1, p. 414 etseq.; ibd. Vol. II, p. 278; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury...
...United States has no claim to exclusive jurisdiction of Seal fisheries on the ground that they are apeculiar industry: J. B. Angell in Forum...