BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Manuscript document signed (“James Buchanan”) as President, countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. A contemporary bilingual copy of the ratification of interpretations to Article 12 of the original Treaty of the 26th of July 1851 between the United States and the Republic of Peru. 7 May 1858.

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