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On the recordDecember 20, 1840
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to its ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, signed at Washington on the 29th day of March, 1840.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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