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On the recordDecember 22, 1858
I transmit for the consideration of the Senate a convention with New Granada, signed on the 10th day of September, 1857, and a translation of the decree of the President of that Republic ratifying and confirming the same with certain modifications and explanations.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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