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James Monroe: “In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st November last, requesting the President to…”

On the recordDecember 13, 1820
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st November last, requesting the President to lay before the House information relating to the progress and expenditures of the commissioners under the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the treaty of Ghent, I now transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with documents containing all the information in the possession of that Department requested by the resolution.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia
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