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James Monroe: “I communicate to the two Houses of Congress copies of a treaty this day ratified on the part of the United States…”

On the recordMarch 1, 1821
I communicate to the two Houses of Congress copies of a treaty this day ratified on the part of the United States, concluded and signed at the Indian Springs on the 8th of January last, with the Creek Nation of Indians, in order to such legislative measures as may be necessary for giving effect to it.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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