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The United States of America and the Empress of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his allegiance and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens from the one country to the other.

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Anson Burlingame

Born: November 14, 1820
Died: February 23, 1870
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Anson Burlingame was an American lawyer, Republican/American Party legislator, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China (1862–1867) and then as China's envoy to the U.S., which resulted in the 1868 landmark Burlingame Treaty.

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