Excerpt from The National and Private Alabama Claims and Their Final and Amicable SettlementAfter a definition of claims and statement of the grounds upon which they have been based, I have given the history of the Queen's proclamation of neutrality dated 13th May, 1861, which the United States maintain was precipitate, unprecedented, and of great injury, I have shown the circumstances under which that proclamation was issued, the effect produced by it, the circum stances under which the United States requested that the rights granted by it might be withdrawn, and the circumstances of its final withdrawal.From pages 49 to 149 I have told the story of the escape, re caption and burnings of the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Shenan doah and other cruisers as I have found it in the correspondence published by the two nations and in such other authorities as I have had at my command.From pages 150 to 170 I have shown how the Alexandra was released, the Pampero seized, and Lairds rams detained.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.