Panama Canal Tolls: Instruction of the Secretary of State of January 17, 1913, to the American Charge D'Affaires at London, and the British Notes of July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912, to Which it Replies

Authors

Philander C. Knox
A. Mitchell Innes
Edward Grey
William Howard Taft
James Bryce

Document Type

Report

Files

Date

1-17-1913

Keywords

Panama Canal Tolls, William Howard Taft, Irwin B. Laughlin, Sir Edward Grey, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, Panama Canal Act of 1912, Alfred Mitchell Innes, Philander C. Knox, James Bryce

Description

This book is a collection of typed letters and documents between the Taft administration and the foreign service of Great Britain on the opening of the Panama Canal and the placing of tolls on vessels using the canal. The reports draw on the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 giving equal importance of the US and Great Britain in New World trading as well as the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 allowing the US to build the Panama canal.

Corresponds to:

Folder 1-12, Document 3

City

Washington, D.C.

Language

English

Rights Statement

Please contact the Myrin Library Special Collections Department for permissions to use this document. https://www.ursinus.edu/library/archives-special-collections/

Recommended Citation

Knox, Philander C.; Innes, A. Mitchell; Grey, Edward; Taft, William Howard; and Bryce, James, "Panama Canal Tolls: Instruction of the Secretary of State of January 17, 1913, to the American Charge D'Affaires at London, and the British Notes of July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912, to Which it Replies" (1913). Notes, Speeches, Articles, and Addresses. 12.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_speeches/12