Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1865 Message To Congress
by Abraham Lincoln
WASHINGTON, January 9, 1865.
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I transmit to Congress a
copy of two treaties between the United States and Belgium, for the
extinguishment of the Scheldt dues, etc., concluded on the twentieth
of May, 1863, and twentieth of July, 1863, respectively, the
ratifications of which were exchanged at Brussels on the
twenty-fourth of June last; and I recommend an appropriation to carry
into effect the provisions thereof relative to the payment of the
proportion of the United States toward the capitalization of the said
dues.
