JAMES K. POLK.

WASHINGTON, _February 3, 1846_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration in reference

to its ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the

United States and Belgium, concluded and signed on the 10th November

last at Brussels by the chargé d'affaires of the United States with the

minister of foreign affairs of His Majesty the King of the Belgians.

And I communicate at the same time the correspondence and other papers

in explanation of the treaty,

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