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On the recordJuly 5, 1867
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention between the United States, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Japan, concluded at Yedo on the 25th of June, 1866.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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