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On the recordFebruary 21, 1819
I transmit to the Senate a treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States of America and His Catholic Majesty, concluded and signed this day, for the decision of the Senate as to its ratification.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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