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James Monroe: “The new Government of Colombia has extended its territories and considerably augmented its strength, and at Buenos…”

On the recordDecember 2, 1821
The new Government of Colombia has extended its territories and considerably augmented its strength, and at Buenos Ayres, where civil dissensions had for some time before prevailed, greater harmony and better order appear to have been established.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Fifth Annual Message

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