Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, March 30, 1846. President Polk directs the Secretary of State to “affix the Seal of the United States to a special power authorizing him to make an exchange of ratification of the Treaty with Belgium of the 10th of November 1845.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by James K. Polk. In fine condition, with some light soiling and creasing.
This document pertains to the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Belgium, which concluded on November 10, 1845, and was officially proclaimed on March 31, 1846. The first article reads: ‘There shall be full and entire freedom of commerce and navigation between the inhabitants of the two countries; and the same security and protection which is enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of each country shall be guaranteed on both sides. The said inhabitants, whether established or temporarily residing within any ports, cities or places whatever, of the two countries, shall not, on account of their commerce or industry, pay any other or higher duties, taxes, or imposts, than those which shall be levied on citizens or. subjects of the In which they may be; and the privileges, immunities, and other favors, with regard to commerce or industry, enjoyed by the other citizens or subjects of one of the two States, shall be common to those of the other.’
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