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On the recordDecember 15, 1821
I transmit to Congress a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing the report of the commissioners appointed in conformity with the provisions of 'An act to authorize the building of light-houses therein mentioned, and for other purposes,' approved the 3d of March, 1821.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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