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On the recordJuly 4, 1867
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention for commercial reciprocity between the United States and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, which convention was signed by the plenipotentiaries of the parties in the city of San Francisco on the 21st day of May last.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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