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 1112 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH BRAZIL. MARCH 14, 1870. Posr-Orrtoa DEPARTMENT, Wasliington, May 9, 1870. APP¤W¤<!· Having examined and considered the foregoing articles ofoa postal convention between the United States of America and the Emptreiof Brazil, which were agreed upon and signed in thelctty of R10 de Janeiro, on the fourteenth day of March, one thou and eight hundred and seventy, by Hon. Henry T. Blow, U. S. Minister to Brazil, acting in behalf of} and under instructions from, this department, and by His Ezrcellency Baron de Cotegipe, Minister and Secretary of State for the Marine Department of Brazil, in charge of the foreign affairs, dec., the same are by me hereby ratified and approved, by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Post-Oiiice [SEAL.] Department to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the day and year first above writteplko A J CRFSWFLT • . • 4 4 J, Postmaster- General LC S I hereby approve the foregoing convention, and in testimony [SEAL.] thereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hamitron Frsn, Secretary of State. Wasmnorox, May 9, 1870. TRANSLATION. We, Don Pedro Il., Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil, &c., make known to all those who shall see the present letter 1 of confirmation, approval, and ratification, that on the fourteenth day of t the month of March, of the current year of one thousand eight hundred s and seventy, there was concluded and signed at this court, between Us a and His Excellency the President of the United States of America, by ; the respective plenipotentiaries, endowed with full powers, a postal con- g vention. » The same convention being presented to us, and all therein contained i being seen, considered, and examined by us, we approve, ratify, and con- i firm the same, in the whole, as in each of its articles and stipulations, and g, by the present we pronounce it firm and valid and of full effect, promis- 5 ing by the imperial faith and word to fulfill it, and to have it fulfilled and Q observed in every possible manner. ~ . In testimony of which we have caused to be prepared the present let- ter, signed by us, sealed with the great seal of the arms of the Empire, and d attested by our Minister and Secretary of State, undersigned. Given at the palace of Rio de Janeiro, on the twenty-eighth [sm.:..] day of the month of June, of the year of our Lord Jesus `* Christ one thousand eight hundred and seventy. PEDRO, Emperor. VISCOUNT DE HABORALY. ;* is if Q ® fr "$ .**5 he