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On the recordNovember 13, 1820
Our military positions have been maintained at Belle Point, on the Arkansas, at Council Bluffs, on the Missouri, at St. Peters, on the Mississippi, and at Green Bay, on the upper Lakes.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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