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James Buchanan: “To the Senate of the United States:I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, two…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1859
To the Senate of the United States:I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, two conventions between the United States and China, one providing for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of that Empire, the other for the regulation of trade, both signed at Shanghai on the 8th of November last.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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