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Diplomatic Relations Reestablished, 1848.

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signed in Mexico City on February 2, 1848, and ratified by the Senate on March 10, 1848, ended the war. Diplomatic relations were reestablished on December 4, 1848, when U.S. President James K. Polk accepted Luis de la Rosa’s credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States.

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