POLK.
WASHINGTON, _February 27, 1849_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I communicate herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in
compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d ultimo, requesting
the President to communicate to the Senate a list of all the treaties of
commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign nations
conferring upon the vessels of such nations the right of trading between
the United States and the rest of the world in the productions of every
country upon the same terms with American vessels, with the date of
the proclamation of such treaties; also a list of the proclamations
conferring similar rights upon the vessels of foreign nations issued by
the President of the United States under the provisions of the first
section of the act entitled "An act in addition to an act entitled
'An act concerning discriminating duties on tonnage and impost and to
equalize the duties on Prussian vessels and their cargoes,'" approved
May 24, 1828.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _March 2, 1849_.
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