Excerpt from Index to the Executive Documents, Vol. 1: Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress and of the Special Session, 1860-61 Sir: I present herewith copy of a license or permit (1) signed by Domingo Dias, commander of the Venezuelan vessel of war sent to take possession of Aves or Bird Island by that government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.