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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, July 5, 1854. President Pierce authorizes and directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “my ratification of the Treaty between the United States and Uruguay.” Crisply and prominently signed at the conclusion in ink by President Franklin Pierce. In fine condition, with light creasing and edge wear.
This document relates to the ‘Treaty for the Free Navigation of the Rivers Parana and Uruguay Between the United States and Argentina’ from July 10, 1853, which was ratified by President Pierce on July 5, 1854. Part of broader 19th-century diplomatic efforts to promote free trade and navigation globally, the treaty guaranteed U.S. commercial access to the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers, key South American waterways and trade routes connecting Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay.
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