Organization of the State Department
Document Type
Memorandum
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Date
4-22-1909
Keywords
Officers of the Department of State, Senate of the United States of America, William M. Malloy, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, treaties
Description
The document is a carbon copy of a typed memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State to officers of the Department of State regarding a new compilation of treaties.
Sender
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Recipient
Officers of the Department of State
Corresponds to:
Folder 1-8, Document 69
City
Washington, D.C.
Transcription
April 22, 1909.
To the
Officers of the Department of State.
Sirs:-
Under date of January 18th, 1909, the Senate agreed to the following resolution:
"Resolved, That there be prepared, under the direction of the Committee on Foreign Relations, a compilation of treaties, to include all treaties, conventions, important protocols, and international acts to which the United Stated may have been a party from seventeen hundred and seventy-eight to March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, and such other material pertaining to treaties as may be recommended for insertion therein by the Secretary of State."
In pursuance of the foregoing Resolution, Mr. William M. Malloy, Clerk of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has been designated to prepare the new compilation of treaties, conventions, etc., referred to in the resolution.
You are hereby directed to co-operate with Mr. Malloy in every possible way in order to facilitate him in his work in connection with the proposed compilation.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
[signature]
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Huntington-Wilson, Francis Mairs, "Memorandum From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Officers of the Department of State, April 22, 1909" (1909). Organization of the State Department. 1.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_organization/1
Comments
The memorandum refers to "Treaties, conventions, international acts, protocols and agreements between the United States of America and other powers, 1776-1909," published in 1910.