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Millard Fillmore: “I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of commerce and…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 1852
I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation concluded by the minister resident of the United States at Constantinople with the charge' d'affaires of the Shah of Persia at the same place.
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

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