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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, September 18, 1888. President Cleveland authorizes and directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to his "proclamation of The Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Tonga, signed October 2, 1886." Crisply signed at the conclusion in ink by President Grover Cleveland. In fine condition.
A bilateral pact signed on October 2, 1886, between the United States and the Kingdom of Tonga, the agreement granted the U.S. coaling rights and most-favored-nation trading status. It established peaceful relations and reciprocal commercial privileges, allowing American vessels access to Tongan ports.
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