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The <em>Foreign Relations</em> series was organized by year for the volumes covering 1861–1951, triennially for 1952–1963, and by presidential administration for 1964 onward—with some exceptions.</p> <ol data-template="frus:volumes-pre-truman"></ol> <p data-template="frus:group-info"></p> <div data-template="frus:volumes-by-administration-group"></div> <div data-template="frus:volumes-by-administration"> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1893</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1893"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1894</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1894"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1894Nicaragua"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Nicaragua (Mosquito Territory)</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1894app1"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Chinese-Japanese War, Enforcement of Regulation Respective to Fur Seals, Mosquito Territory, Affairs at Bluefields, Claim of Antonio Maximo Mora, Import Duties on Certain Products of Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela, Affairs in the Samoan Islands, Appendix I</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1894app2"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Affairs in Hawaii, Appendix II</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1895</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1895p1"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1895p2"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part II</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1896</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1896"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1897</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1897"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1898</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1898"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1899</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1899"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1901</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1901"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook)</span></span> </li> </ol> <h3 data-template="frus:series-title">1902</h3> <ol data-template="frus:series-volumes"> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1902"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full 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