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On the recordJanuary 16, 1825
I transmit to the Senate, for its advice and consent as to the ratification, a treaty which has been concluded by a commissioner duly authorized for the purpose with the Quapaw Indians in Arkansas for the cession of their claim to the lands in that Territory.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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