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On the recordDecember 2, 1821
The Government of His Most Faithful Majesty since the termination of the last session of Congress has been removed from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, where a revolution similar to that which had occurred in the neighboring Kingdom of Spain had in like manner been sanctioned by the accepted and pledged faith of the reigning monarch.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Fifth Annual Message

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