From James Madison to the Senate, 13 December 1816

To the Senate

[Washington,] December 13th. 1816

A Treaty of Commerce between the United States and the king of Sweeden & Norway, having been concluded and signed on the fourth day of September last by their respective plenipotentiaries, I lay the same before the Senate for their consideration and advice as to a ratification.1

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Foreign Relations, 14B–B5). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. For the treaty, see n. 1.

1. The Senate consented to the treaty on 19 Feb. 1817, with the exception of its third, fourth, and sixth articles (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:78). For the text of the treaty, as well as the omitted articles, see Miller, Treaties description begins Hunter Miller, ed., Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America (8 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1930–48). description ends , 2:601–16).

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Title: From James Madison to the Senate, 13 December 1816
Author: Madison, James
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Date: 13 December 1816

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Cite as: “From James Madison to the Senate, 13 December 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0578. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 555.]

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